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THE 



EAST-HAVEN REGISTER 



Xn Eijrec JJavto. 



PART I. 

CONTAINING A HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF EAST-HAVEN, FROM 

ITS MUST SETTLEMENT I.N 1644, TO THE YEAR 1800. 

ALSO, AN ACCOUNT OF ITS BOI NDARIES, IRON-WORKS AM) 

MILLS, DIVISION OK LANDS, CONTROVERSIES WITH NEW- 
HWK.N AND BRANFORD, TOWN CHARTERS, K( 1.F.SIASTI- 
SAL AFFAIRS, SCHOOLS, POPULATION AND TAXES, LOSSES 
BY WAR. N \ l l RAL HISTORY AND CURIOSITIES, ROADS AND 
PUBLIC LANDS. 

PART II. 

CONTAINING \n kO COUNT OF THE NAMES, MARRIAGES, AND 
BIRTHS, OK THE FAMILIES WHICH FIRST BETTLED, OR 

WHICH II WE RESIDED IN EAST-HAVEN, FROM ITS SETTLE- 
MENT IN 1644, TO THE YEAR 1800. 

PART III. 

( ONTAINIVO AN ACCOUNT OF THE DEATHS IN THE FAMILIES 
LED IN THE SECOND PART, FROM THE YEAR 1647 TO 
THE END OF THE YEAR 18^3. 



COMPILED BI STEPHEN DODD, 

Pastor of Ike Congregational Church in East-Haven. 



NEW-HAVEN .- 

Published for the Author, and told by A. H. Maltby 6l Co. No. 4, 

Glebe Building, 

T. 0. Wood > ,>. Print 

1824. 






CONTENTS. 

Pagc 

I ji\i'. 1. — The Purchase and Settlement ol New-Ha- 
ven — Settlement on the Kast side — at the Cove — 
Stoney River — Southend — Foxon and Dragon, 9 

Chap. II. — Concerning the Boundaries of the Town, 18 
Chap. III. — Concerning the Iron-Works and Mills, 
Chap. IV. — The general History of the Town contin- 
ued — the Half-mile obtained — Divisions of Land — 
Town Charters — Controversies with New-Haven 
and Branford, 31 

Chap. V. — Ecclesiastical Affairs — Society and Church 
gathered — (ilebe laid out and sold — Ministers set- 
tled, and Meeting-houses built, 56 

Chat. VI. — Concerning Schools and Education, 70 

Chap. VII. — Population and Taxes, 72 

Chap* VIII. — Losses by War, 75 

Chap. IX. — Natural History — Tornado and Curiosities, 76 

Chap. X. — Roads and Public Lands, 84 

PART II.— The Family Record, 101 

P \ RT III.— The Death Record. 161 



Difference between .V w-Haven and Branford tettled, 

the time New-Haven Bold Totokett ; which left much room 
for uneasiness and altercation. It i* ;i prevailing tradition, 
and supported too by collateral records, that the original 
line ran along the eaat side of Branford hi I la, And it an 
pears from the petition of the village to New-Haven, and 
the grant of New-Haven to the village in i«'>r'.>, and the 
subsequent grant b\ Branford, of the half mile, to tin' vil- 
lage; that Branford actually held in possession more land, 
than was contained in the original purchase from New-Ha- 
ven in Iti44, and that was not paid lor. Branford claimed 
as far as the Furnace pond. So early as 1649 a difficulty 
on this subject appeared, which was submitted to arbitra- 
tion, but without effect. In 1656 New-Haven made a 
grant of the Furnace farm to the Iron company, and l l 
a< res to the collier; both within the lino claimed l>\ Bran- 
ford, though Branford was treated a- having some interest 
in the Iron works. About the year 1660 Branford propos- 
ed to New-Haven to have the line run between them. And 
after a long delay the business was acted upon in the fol- 
lowing manner, as appears from the Colon) records, Hart- 
lord. I4th May, 1674. 

w This Court ordereth thai the agreement between New- 
Haven and Mil ford, Branford and Wallingford, about their 
bound-., be recorded with the records of the Court, and i.^ as 
followeth." 

" \\ hereas there has been a difference between the in- 
habitants of New-Haven and the inhabitants of Branford 
about the dividing bounds between ea< h plantation, and the 
inhabitants <>( New-Haven aforesaid having chosen and 

empowered James Bishop,jun. Thomas Munson, William 
Andrews, John Mosse, an I John Cooper, senr. on their part, 
and the inhabitants of Branford aforesaid having chosen and 
empowered Mr. John Wilford, Thomas Blackley, Michael 
Tayntor, Thomas Harrison and Samuel Ward on their part, 
isue the savd difference in reference to the sayd bounds, 
the sayd persons abovenamed (excepting John Cooper, in 
whose roorae Mr. William Tuttle was desired bj the author- 
ity of New-Havenl being mett together this fifth dayuf Octo- 
her 1669, and a full debate and consideration of the cast 
the presen ing of love and peace and the preventing ol trouble 
for the future between them that have hitherto been loving 
neighbours, have condescended so far each to other as to 
e about the premises as followeth, viz. That from the 



20 Hie Bounds of BranforcL. 

river formerly called in an agreement Tapamshashack (with 
the exception of meadows therein expressed) the great pond 
at the head of the Furnace shall be the bounds so far as it 
goes ; and from the head of the said pond that a straight line 
be drawn to the east end of a Hassukque meadow out of 
which a brooke called Hercuies brooke runnes into muddye 
river, and from the east end of the sayd meadowe to runn a 
north lyne, with the just variation according to the country 
unto the end of the = bounds of Branford aforesayd, that 
is, ten miles from the sea according to the order of the Gen- 
eral Assembly. In testimonie whereof we have set too our 
hands the day and year above written. 

John Wilford Samuel Bishop 

Tho: Blackley Thomas Munson 

Michael Tayntor William Andrews 

Tho: Harrison William Tutteli 

Samuel Warde John Mosse." 

In another instrument of a later date the bounds are thus 
described. 

" Whereas the General Court of Connecticut Colony, 
have formerly granted unto proprietors, inhabitants of the 
town of New-Haven in the sayd Colony, all those lands 
both meadows and uplands with all their appurtenances 
within these abutments following, viz. on the sea or sound ; 
on the south, from the mouth of Oyster river, to the mouth 
of Scotch Cap, or Stoney River, untill it come to the orooke 
called Tapponshaske (only in that line is not included the 
meadow that is laid out to New-Haven proprietors, on the 
east side the sayd river according to former agreement with 
Branford) and so the sayd brooke is the bounds to the Fur- 
nace dam, and thence the great pond to the head of it, and 
thence a line eastward half a mile to a white oak, marked 
with H. T. B. and stones laid at the foot of it." 

Colony Records, entered 7th Jan. 1685. 

Branford bounds are mentioned in another instrument, of 
a later date, after the half mile was set off. " Upon the 
sea on the south, and on the New-Haven bounds on the 
west, at Scotch Cap, or Stoney River, until it comes to the 
brooke Tappanshasick, (only in that line is not included the 
meadow, which is laid out to proprietors on the east side of 
the sayd River, and hath been agreed upon,) and that sayd 
brooke is the bounds to the Furnace dam, and thence the 



Boundaries of East-Haven. ' I 

2*reat pond to the head of it, and thence a line eastward half 
a mile to a station, which is a white oak, marked H. T. B." 
The east line of the half mile, had not yet been run and 
marked. The village, therefore, moved the matter to Bran- 
ford, and having agreed, their Committees met and came to 
the following result : 

" We the subscribers being appointed to measure off the 
half mile agreed upon with New-Haven, as by record may 
appear, to the inhabitants of Kast- Haven village, in pursu- 
ance thereof on the 14th April, 1713, then meeting with 
Bast-Haven (Gentlemen at the head of the Furnace pond, and 
after full debate and consideration of the premises, we be- 
gan at the first bound mark at the head of sayd pond, near 
the middle of sayd pond, and run a line eastwanlly, square 
from the old line, which was the dividing line between 
New-Haven and Branford, an 160 rods to an heap of stones, 
on the east side of a small hill, at the upper end of Brushy 
plane; thence a line northward, according to agreement, to 
a Walnut Tree marked with B B, and stones at the root, 
which Tree is 160 rods eastward from the Antient bounds 
Tree ; near Hercules' meadow, and from the aforesaid 
AValnut Tree, still northward according to agreement, to 
the head of the bounds to a White Oak Tree, with letters 
on it and stones at the root, which is 160 rods eastward 
from the Antient corner at the head of the bounds between 
New-Haven and Branford. It is agreed, that the above- 
mentioned bounds shall stand and abide to be the bounds 
between Branford and Kast-llaven. As witness our hands. 
John Russel, "1 

Samuel Russel, Committee 

Daniel Collins, > of 

Alling Ball, East-Haven. 

Samuel Hotchkiss, J 

Nathaniel Harrison, ~) Committee 
Nathaniel Johnson, J* of 

John Lindsley, J Branford. 

Voted in Town-meeting, Branford, 4th Jan. 1714." 

The 29th Dec. 1679, the village, among other things, pe- 
titioned New -Haven for their parish or village bounds to 
extend as far north as Muddy River; in answer to which 
they say — "That their bounds shall be the north side of 
Ailing Ball's Farme, by a line from the River as his line 
runs, untill it meets with Branford line, above FoxonV 

3 



22 Bounds of East-Haven. 

Thus the bounds of the town were all fixed. But after 
several families on the half mile were set off to North- 
Haven Society, the line in that quarter was changed. In 
1716, the General Court granted the northern parish in 
New-Haven, to be a distinct Eclesiastical Society. And in 
May 1718, the Assembly gave them permission to enter in- 
to a church state. A number of East-Haven families liv- 
ing on the half mile, were so far from public worship that 
they requested the privilege of uniting with North-Haven 
Society, which was granted as follows : 

"New-Haven, Oct. 1737 — In the memorial of Samuel Ja- 
cobs, Daniel Finch, Benjamin Barns, Isaac Blakeslee, Na- 
thaniel Hitchcock, William Rogers, Abel Smith, Joseph 
Moulthrop, and Caleb Hitchcock, inhabitants in New-Haven;, 
shewing this Assembly that they are settled within the bounds 
Parish of East-Haven, on a certain tract of land, called of the 
the half mile, in the Northeast corner of said Society and re- 
mote from the publick worship of God in said Parish, pray- 
ing this Assembly to discharge them from the said East So- 
city, and annex them to the North Society in said Town, so 
as to include the said memorialists, and no other inhabitants ; 
bounding so far South, as to include Benjamin Barnes' 
Farm, and so Eastward to the east part of said half mile 
between Mr. Mather's and Mr. Abraham Heminway's land, 
and so north to Wallingford Town line, between Branford 
and said half mile, including all the lands east of the said 
North Society, within said bounds." — [Colony Records.'] 

When North-Haven became a town in 1786, that society 
iine became, of course, the line between the two towns, a- 
cross the half mile ; and al! the half mile above that iine 
was taken from the town of East- Haven and annexed to 
the town of North-Haven. And this alteration of the line 
on the half mile, accounts for the crookedness of the north 
line of this town. The whole line between the two towns 
was surveyed 1 Ith March, 1789 : 

"Beginning at a heap of stones at Branford line, north™ 
east of the house of Abner Tho.pe; thence 4 degrees north 
78 rods to the middle of the high way or thereabouts to a 
heap of stones ; — -thence in the high way 47 rod-, south 5 de- 
grees west to a heap of stones ; thence in the line of Jona- 
than Barnes' farm west 8 degrees north 80 rods, to the old 
New-Haven line to a heap of stones ; thence 4§ degrees 
west of south, 80 rods : — thence south -2{ degrees west, 80 
rods, to a heap of stones; thence south 3 degrees west 80 






> Committee* 



The Iron-Harks. j,a 

• •it- to a heap of stones ; thence in the same line BO rod- 
more to a lage white oak tree marked ; theme west 11 de- 
crees south 80 rod-.; still in the same course 80 rods more ; 
(hence west IS degrees south 80 rods; thence west 14 de- 
crees south 80 rods; thence west W d eg r ee s south 70 
rods, to the bene 4 in the Ball farm, and from said bend 10 
rods to another monument; thence west f> degrees and 8 
minutes south to the Kast River; erecting monuments at 
the distance of every 80 rods, with marked stones at each 
monument fasts the white oak Tree to the River; the num 
her of monuments or 80 rods distance is 12, and 49 rods, 
Uth March, 1789." 

Jesiah Bradley, 

Stephen Smith, 
Isaac Chedsey, 
Ephraim Hummiston, 
Joshns Barnes, 

Levy Ray, 

This is now, 1824, the condition of the bounds of the 
lown of East- Haven. 

CIIAPTKR HI. 

Concerning the Iron Work* and Milk 

DIE transactions relative to the Iron Works arc contain 
ed in sundry resolutions and orders. This was, probably, 
the first establishment of the kind within the present bounds 
of the state. This business was introduced in* the follow 

"General Court, N. II. 12th Nov. 1655. 

"The Towne was acquainted thai there i> ;j purpose, 

that an rron Worke si i a 11 beset up beyond the farmes at 

Stoney River, which is considered will be lor a pul>lh|nc 

vood ; and Mr. Good year declared that Mr. Winstone and 

self did intend to carry it on ; only he desired now to 

know whal the Town desired in it ; much debate wafi about 

i : hut no man engaged in it ai present ; but divers spoke, 

thai they would give some worke towards making the Damm, 

whose oames and number of days worke were taken, which 

amounted to about 140 days: bo ft issued foi that time." 

u 29th Nov. 1655. — The Governor informed the Towne 
that tliis meeting was called to consider something further a 



24 The Iron-Works. 

bout the Iron Worke, sundry who engaged to worke, last 
Court, have not yet performed, tho' all others have; and it 
was now concluded that those that are now behinde, should 
be called upon to perform what they promised. — It was also 
now desired that men would declare, who will engage in the 
worke, and what estate they will put in. But few speaking 
to it, it was desired that those who are willing would meet at 
the Governor's this afternoon at 2 o'clock, to declare them- 
selves therein, and it was now propounded whether the 
Towne will give up their right in the place, and what ac- 
commodation is necessary for the best conveniency of the 
said Iron Worke ; in this case all the Towne voted to give a 
full libertie for the Iron Workes to go on, and also for wood, 
water, ironplace, oares, shells for lime, or what else is ne- 
cessary for that worke, upon the Towne lands upon that 
side of the great river, called the East River; provided, that 
no man's proprietie, laid out, or to be laid out, be entered up- 
upon, nor no planter prohibited, from cutting wood, or other 
conveniency upon the said common, in an orderly way ; and 
that Branford doe make the like grant, according to their 
proportion they have in the worke, that future questions 
about this thing may be prevented. 

" 19th May, 1656. Upon motion of Mr. Goodyear and 
John Cooper in behalf of the Collier that comes to burn coal 
for the Iron workes; he had 12 acres of land granted him 
as his own, if the Iron workes go on, and he stay three years 
in the worke. Provided that all minerals there be reserved, 
and that he attend all orders of the Towne for the present, 
and in disposing of said lands hereafter, if it shall so fall 
outj to have it. The place propounded for is a piece of 
land lying betwixt the Great Pond, and the Beaver Mead- 
ows, a 100 or 2 acres, about 2 miles from the Iron worke. 
Against which grant or place none objected, so as to hinder 
the same." 

This is now called the Farm. It was first in the pos- 
session of Theophilus Eaton the Governor. It was given to 
his daughter Mary, who married Valentine Hill, merchant- 
Dover — Pisquataqua. He sold it to Nathaniel Mickleth- 
waite, merchant, London, 2 Nov. 1660 — for .£230 sterling, 
or SI 022 22. He sold it to Thomas Clark of Boston for 
^100 lawful money, 28th Feb. 1665.— And in the Town- 
ship of New-Haven. — The farm contained 300 acres of up- 
land and 60 acres of meadow. 

"14th Sept. 1657. The Governor informed the Court 



'I h, Tron-Wori 

Mr. Winthrophas Id out his pari of the Iron vrorkes 
to two men m Boston, Capt. Clarke and Mr. Payne, as Ihey 
have agreed." 
This plan met with a general disapprobation. Debating 

followed. It was c(»ii i cud rd, that as this establishment was 
made for the purpose of trade ; there was danger of the en- 
tire alienation of the trade and the property. And there 
would also be a collection of disorderly persons, which 
would corrupt tho morals of the neighborhood, and cause 
great trouble in the Town. The subject was referred to the 
Court, and the Townsman John Cooper to consider of it, 
upon what terms to let out the Workes, and whether they 
ild cut wood upon our ground." 

That reference reported thus : 

" An agreement made by the Committee appointed to 

consider about the Iron workes, was read to the Towne and 
by vote confirmed and ordered to be entered." 

"At the Governor's house, l Dec. lGor." 

"1. It is agreed that the Iron Workes propounded to 
ind allowed by this Towne, and to which they granted sev- 
eral oriveleees, was, and is only for this Furnace now made, 
in the place intended, and expressed, as a| h by the 

records, with a Forge, or two, if necessary for the iron which 
this furnace produceth, which are to be improved by the 
Townes jointly within the limits allowed by this Court. 

" 2. This Iron worke and all the privileges thereunto 
longing, were intended and granted for the good of New- 
Haven and Branford, for bringing and Betting up trade 
there, which in whole or i?i a great measure they are like 
to be deprived of, if any part of it be alienated either to 
strangers, or others out of their jurisidiction. They, there- 
fore, think it not safe, that any part of it be sold, or leased 
out, without particular and express law and licence From 
the Towne, or Jury, or a Committee, appointed for 

house lots or lands. 

• }. That our neighbors and friends of Branford provide 
and supply their part of woo-.!, which i- S-8th parts, with 

other things of a like nature, from the land within their own 

limits, and that New -I lawn do the like For their 5-8th p 

"4. That all servants, women and others employed in 
any respect about the Iron workes, -hall attend and be sub- 
to all orders and laws already made, or which shall bo 
made and published by this towne, or jurisdiction*, as other 



26 The Iron Works. 

" 5. That the grant made by the Iron workes be forthwith 
delivered to the Secretary here, that it may be read and 
considered ; as the grant made by New-Haven shall be to 
them ; that the two plantations may receive and bear their 
d;e proportion in profits and charges, as was at first pro- 
vided for." 

How far these resolutions were carried into effect does 
no" appear. But about eijrht years afterwards, Benjamin 
Linge prosecuted John Cooper, agent of the Iron works, for 
the damage he had sustained from the water of the darn. 
And the people employed there being many of them corrupt 
foreigners and strangers, were so immoral and vicious as to 
require the frequent interposition of the civil authority. 

"The General Court, therefore, ordered that complaint 
should be made to Capt. Clark about the disorderly persons 
that came to the Iron works. And also ordered that the 
master, clerk, or overseer, and other officers, shall not admit 
any withpita certificate from persons of known reputation, 
under the penalty of 40 shillings for every offence ; and if 
any come or tarry there without such recommendation and 
permission, shall be liable to the penalty of forty shillings." 

And as a further cheik to these increasing evils, Matthew 
Moulthrop, sen. was appointed conservator of the morals of 
the people about the Iron works. 

Of so muxh consequence was this establishment, that af- 
ter the u:,ii>i! of New-Haven with Connecticut, a special 
was made to grant the people employed in the work, to ivee 
them from taxes for 7 years, as appears from the following 
order. 

" 13th May, 1669, Upon the petition of Mr. William An- 
drews, on behalf of Capti, Thomas Clark, master of the Iron 
works of New-Haven, for encouragement of the said woi ke, 
for ti>e supply of the country with good Iron, and well 
wrought according: to art, this Court do confirm a grant for- 
merly made by New-Haven : That the said persons and es- 
tates constantly or only employed in the said work, shall be 
and are hereby exempt from paying country rates for 7 
y '!>• next ensuing." — [_Coiw. Col. Rec.~] 

A? this period, and until the business was relinquished, 
1 h imas dark of Boston appears to have been the principal 
o ner. Business was carried on here both from New-Ha- 
ve and Branibrd. It continued until about 1679 or '80. 
A y the bus-mess was relinquished cannot now be satisfac- 
torily ascertained. The furnace was supplied with bog ore 



'I In Iron ilnr, 

from North-Haven. It was chiefly carted, but sometime! 
brought from bog-mine wharf by water, round to the point 
below the furnai e ; and from thai circumstance the point 
to this dav i> called Bogmifie. There waa t great mortali- 
ty in die village in the year 1679, when Ralph Russell, and 
some other principal workmen died, which may have ob- 
structed the operation ; and, probably, the expense was too 
great to realize sufficient profits. It is a tradition in the 
Russell family, that the death of the principal workmen 
produced this change. 

Jasper Crane and John Cooper were o\ erseera and agents. 

Richard Post was founder; and John Russell was potter in 
the furnace. 
On the 19th August, 1680, Thomas dark sold toserrt 

John Potter, " All that faun lying and being within the 
township of New- Haven, and near and adjoining to a brook 

called In the name of Stones brook, which Thomas Clarke 

bought of Nathaniel Micklethwaite of the city of London, 
merchant, containeth by estimation 300 a< res of upland, 
be it more or less, and 3 Bcore acres of meadow, be i' mo e 
or less, adjoining thereto : excepting alu aj a all the uplands 
that hath been formerly sold from the said farme or Iron 
workes, reserving only all the Iron worke plates of iron, 
and the moveables to himself, that are upon the \ remises. ,s 
John Potter was to pay i-io per annum for °-\ years, iu 

a*, heat, pork and peas." 

The farm soon passed into the hands of William Rose well, 
whose only daughter and heir married Gurdon Saltonstall, 
rwards the Governor of Connecticut. 

> < • i l ' ■ John Potter did not resume the Iron business, 
was contemplated when he bought the farm. 15u» in the 
year 1692, he and Thomas Pinion petitioned New Haven 
for liberty to build a Bloomary on the fir&t tpring, or brook 
towards Foxon. In April, " some of the townsmen having 
viewed the brooke that runs into Stoney river at the plan*, 
or thereabouts, which was moved for by John Potter, for- 
merlj , to set up a Bloomary ; the town bv ^ ote ;t; p w ri\ of 
his design ofa Bloomary ; and for his encouragement allow 
him the use of said brooke, and 20 acres of land, not ex- 
cee ing 30, near the Jirtt spring, the west side of Sti 
ri\er ; and grant him the liberty of what lion mines there 
art* within the town bounds, and the use of what wood he 
needs in the commons for the work, if it proves effectual. 
And the aforesaid land i? to be laid out and uounded to him. 



58 The Mill 

by the surveyor, and one or two of the Townsmen. Always 
preserving the necessary highways if there be any." — [JV. 
H. Rec] 

This Bloomary was established, but I cannot find how 
long it was in operation. 

The site of the Furnace was sequestered for a grist-mill, 
as appears from the following curious document on East- Ha- 
ven records : 

"Articles of agreement made between the Inhabitants of 
Stoney River of the one party, and Samuel Heminway of 
the other party, 2 July, 1681, is as followeth, concerning 
setting up of a Grist-Mill at the Furnace Dam. 

1. " The said Village doth for his encouragement give the 
Furnace Dam, with the use of the water darned therewith, 
and do promise to defend the said Heminway in the posses- 
sion thereof, (so far as in their power) without let or moles- 
tation from any, either New-Haven or Bran ford, or any oth- 
er; reserving liberty for John Potter to have a convenient 
place for water from the same pond, to set up and manage a 
Bloomary Furnace of Iron, if the said Potter shall at any 
time, hereafter, see cause to enter upon such a design." 

2. "The said Village doth give to the said Heminway the 
land that lies next to his house between Stoney River and 
the Farme, to the quantity of an acre or two, if it may be 
spared from the highways, as they shall see good to set out 
to him, and 16 or 17 acres of land elsewhere, that may be 
convenient for the said Heminway. 

3. "The said Village do free the said Grist Mill from 
paying taxes to the said Village or Town. 

4. " The Inhabitants of the said Village do engage to 
bring the corn that they would have ground into meal, to the 
said Miil. 

5. " The said Inhabitants do engage to perform the whole 
work of what is necessary for the setting down said Mill, 
and to repair it, that the Dam may be secure from breaches 
at the setting down said Mill. But the said" Heminway is 
to secure it at his own charges for the future, when some 
extraordinary, or unexpected accident shall happen to it. 

6. " The said Inhabitants of the said Village do engage to 
assist him to raise the Mill Stones, and to get them to the 
said Mill, and to give the said Samuel Heminway liberty to 
use what timber and stones may be needful for building and 
repairing the said Mill, as shall be most convenient for him 
in that business. 






Grant of Mill Privilege. 20 

"And in consideration of the premises, the said Samuel 
Heminwav doth engage as followeth: 

1. "That the said Heminwav will, before the next winter, 
in November next ensuing, set up a sufficient Grist Mill, at 
the above place, and keep the B8jd mill in good repair, tit to 
make rood and sufficient meal of corn, that is dry and til for 
grinding. 

2. "That he the said Heminwav will Bel up a house over 

the Mill sufficient to secure the inhabitants' corn from dam- 
age by the neighbours hogs, or other creatures, that might 
otherwise devour it — within his compass. 

S. "That the said Heminwav or Somebody for him, shall 

attend at the said Mill, one day in a fortnight, if there be 
need, to grind for the inhabitants their corn. And shall 
spend more time, and give attendance on the same, if m ed 
be, that is, till he hath ground all that is brought to be ground 

the said day. 

4. M That the said Heminwav will take no more toll for 
the grinding our corn into meal than what the law allows. 

5. "That he will either keep this mill himself, or if he; 
shall let it to any other, it shall be lo such an one as the In- 
habitants of the Village shall approve of. 

6. "The said laud, the said Village do give to the said 
Heminuav, to be for the use of said Mill, and so contin- 
ue, except the 16 or 90 acre- given him. 

"The first article is thus to be so understood that the 
said Heminwaj doth engage to bear his share \\ i t I » the oth- 
er Inhabitants of the said village in any damage that may 
fall bv the Dam or Stream, or by any trouble for the same, 
by New-Haven <>r Branford or any other* And as for the 
land about the house, mentioned in this agreement, it be un- 
derstood, that the said Heminwaj is to have what can be 
spared there from highways and across on the other side of 
the pond. 

"The abovesaid articles of agreement concerning the 
Mill* made between the said Samuel Hrmiawnj and the 
Inhabitants of said Village, 3d Jul] 1681, i> confirmed by 

Vote to be their doinj^.**— ; K. //. AVc] 

The grant of iCor 17 acre?, the town of New -Haven re- 
fused to ratify. 

About 9.5 years after this transaction, the sons «>! Samuel 
Heminwav, viz. John and Abraham, obtained a grant of tin- 
Mill privilege from Branford, a> follows: 

"Branford, 23 Augt. 17U6. — At a meeting of the Proprv 



30 Grant for Fulling-MiU. 

etors, warned according to law, John and Abraham Hemin 
way, of New-Haven Iron works, desire us to grant them lib- 
ertv to erect a Dam on the Furnace pond, where it former- 
ly was, and to get stone, and timber and earth to erect the 
same, on our side." 

1. " We having considered the public benefit such a Mill 
may be, doe on the terms following grant the desire of the 
said John and Abraham Heminway, viz. that they shall 
raise the said Dam no higher than it was formerly, nor no 
higher, than shall be allowed by Mr. William Maltbie, Dea- 
con John Rose, Sergt. Nathaniel Foot, of Branford, when 
they shall view said Mill place." 

2. "John and Abraham Heminway and all who shall af- 
ter them possess and improve said Mill, shall at all times, 
hereafter, grind what corn shall come from this Towne, in 
turn, as it shall come to said Mill, not preferring others be- 
fore them." 

3. " The said John and Abraham Heminway, their heirs 
and assigns, shall erect and maintayue a sufficient Mill at 
said place, at all times, hereafter forever; upon those afore- 
said conditions, we grant the request of said John and Abra- 
ham Heminway. But if they or any, who shall at any time 
hereafter possess said mill, shall refuse or neglect to perform 
any or all the abovementioned conditions, then this grant 
shall be void and of no effect, that we, or our successors, may 
set up a Mill ourselves for the public benefit on this side." 

Voted, and passed Test, by Win. Maltbie, Clerk. — [Bran- 
ford Rcc.~] 

The manner of expression in this document intimates that 
the mill had not been erected by their father, as was expect- 
ed when he obtained the village grant. 

The water privilege where the forge stood was disposed 
of afterwards, Samuel Heminway applied to the town of 
New-Haven for it and obtained the following order: 

" April 26th, 1687. Samuel Heminway moved to have 
liberty to set a fulling mill where the forge formerly stood. 
After much debate the towne granted liberty to the said 
Heminway to set up a fulling mill in the forementioned 
place, provided that he make no dam that shall make a pond 
to raise the water above two feet deep upon Austin's high- 
way. And that he consider beforehand, whether such a 
dam. but of such a height as aforesaid, will answer his pur- 
pose." 

Upon this grant, and one that was made by the village in 



Difference bctiren Bran ford and Nnr-Uarf /. 31 

1706, John and Abraham Heminway, anil John Marsh, 
jointly, erected a fulling mill in 1700, oo the premises* 

In 1684 it was contemplated to build a saw-mill on the 
first spring. That plan was relinquished, and one w ss buih 
on Claypit brook, below Danforth'i swamp, which was 1* 
btttftonca many years ago. 

— qO^— * 
CHAP. IV. 

I he (ivncral History of the toicn continued — the halj 
obtained — divisions of land — town Charter*, t y. 

A NEGOC1 \TION had been carried on with Branfbrd 
concerning land that lay within their bounds, that they had 
not paid for, and that New-Han en had granted to the village. 
Branford, finally, promised them land. But the execution 
of that promise w as delayed ; the village grew impatient and 
and passed the following order : 

M At a formal meeting of the village, 15th Feb. 1681, it 
was propounded that we might choose men to treat with 
Branford about the land in their bounds that was given to 
u* snd is now in contention. After some debate it was or- 
dered and appointed, that John Potter, Samuel Heminway, 
.! ihn Thompson, Nathaniel Hitchcock, \lling Ball, jun. and 

1 n "-v. \i ailthrop, '-them or any four of them were empow 
to treat that matter with our friends of Branford a* to 
land or line and finish it ' 

This vote was predicated on arrant from New-Haven 
in Dec. 16TS) as follows, viz.: — "For the Quinipiuck land 
no* within the town of Branford, and was at first bought by 
us, .,iid never payed for by Branford to us, that the Towne 
would grant unto them our right, the better to enable them 
to treat with Branford for enlargement <>n die purchase 
money due, wiih the consideration that New-Haven hath 
been long out of purse*" 

The same month that the village passed the before-men- 
tioned vote, Branford acted on the subject thus : 

" Whereas there is a difference between the Towne of 

Branford and the Ironworke farmers (or inhabitants of New- 
Haven) concerning the propriety of lands in Branford 
bounds. At a Towne meeting in Branford, Feb. 1681, tile 
Towne have unanimously agreed to leave the case depen 



» 



32 Difference between Branford and New-Haven. 

ding to a Committee. And the Towne have made choice 
of and appointed Mr. William Rosewell, Mr. Edward Bar- 
ker, Thomas Harrison, William Hoadlj, and Eleazer Stent, 
a Committee for the issue of the case aforesaid, and they do 
give them full power, in the behalf of the Towne, either by 
composition with the farmers, (or New -Haven inhabitants) 
or to manage the said case at General Court, either by them- 
selves, or any other attorney or attorneys, as they see cause, 
and to be at what charge they cause in the management 
thereof. They do also desire and appoint the said Commit- 
tee, to take into their custody whatsoever writings or con- 
veyances, maybe had (or copies of them) that concern the 
Towne. — And do engage to reimburse what charges the 
committee shall be at in the whole case." 

But as an attempt to settle the controversy failed, the 
Village proceeded to the use of some high-toned language on 
the subject, which was met by Branford in the annexed res- 
olution : 

" Whereas the Ironworke farmers have given us notice 
that if we do not grant them land, then they will run a line 
in our bounds. At aTowne meeting in Branford, 8th July, 
168 1 ; the inhabitants of the Towne did answer and declare 
by vote that the farmers have no right to do with the running 
of any line or lines in our bounds, or within our Township, 
and, therefore, do protest against any such proceeding, as 
an invasion of our just rights and privileges, and further do 
forbid them or any of them to enter upon our Towne bounds 
with any such design, if they do, be it at their peril." 

The case was brought before the General Court the next 
fall, and that body adopted some measures to promote an 
adjustment of their difficulties. 

" At a General Court held at Hartford, 13th Oct. 1681. 

" Whereas there is a difference between Branford and the 
farmers on the East side, about the line between New- Ha- 
ven and sayd Branford, or New-Haven purchase of the In- 
dians, this Court do request the Deputy Governor, and Mr. 
Andrew Leete, and Mr. Samuel Eales to take some pains 
to examine the case, and to endeavour an accommoda- 
tion between them, and if they cannot attayn an issue, 
they are to make report how they find it to the next 
Court, where both parties are to attend for issue, and the 
sayd Towne of Branford, and the farmers, are to attend to 
this affayre, when they shall be appointed by the Deputy 
Governor ; they, viz. the Committee, are also to consider 



Division of Lands y 1683. 33 

- nether there be anv obligation thai doth lie upon New-Ha- 
ven, thai d >th binder this people from building a Dirk al 
the East Bide or South-end." — | Co/. Rec] 

This arrangement of the General Court lia<l a happ) 
feci. The parties came to a settlement of their difficult 
and Branford gave the village a deed, dated 8th May, i 
for that tract of land called the half-mile, in which it - 
stipulated, that " the line shall run and be as formerly, from 

the sea to the head of the Furnace pond," &c. as it 18 descri- 
bed in the bounds already mentioned. 

The 9th May, in behalf of the Village, Samuel Hemin- 
way, James Denison, John Potter, Matthew Moulthron, 
John Thompson, and Nathaniel Hitchcock, gave a quit- 
claim to Branford, for lands within their bounds. The Com- 
mittee appointed by the General Court reported their pro- 
ceedings, which, by a formal vote, were accepted and ratifi 

" Hartford, May, 1682. The Gentlemen of New-Haven 
and Branford had agreed about the purchase of their lands 
which they were appoynted by the Court to lbs ie ; and Ma- 
jor Treat, William Leete, and Mr. Eales were desired to 
ii them in, Oct. last." — [Col. Rec] 

After the Village had obtained their Village grant from the 
General Court to become a society, they proceeded to trans- 
act local business, separately from the town of New-Haven. 
They seem to ha\ e apprehended that their Parish grant invol- 
ved Bome authority for the choiceof Village officers, and for 
laying out and disposing of land within their Parish bound-. 
This course brought upon themselves and New-Haven a I 
Bcene "I" confusion and trouble, and not a little expense. 

17th Jan. 1683. The \ r illage granted to Deacon John 
Chedsey 3 acres on the north side of the green, for a home 
lot. And also one acre to Joseph, Bon of Ralph Russel, ne 
to Stoney river, which he soon sold to John Potter, and John 
Potter the same day conveyed it to [saac Bradley, on which 
he built his house. They also grantedliome lots to Thomas 
Pinion, John Luddington, James Taylor, and William H 
cits, between Hie road that goes to Ailing Ball's farm and 
the highway tht i to the fresh meadows. And 

confirmed by the town. 

M At a meeting of the Village, 19th March, 1683, it Is a 
greed by vote that in laying out the third division we will 
follow the method of New-Haven, viz. 20 acres for each 
hundred pounds in the list, and 4 acre- to each child, ami 
acres to each family, tho' their heads and estates do nor a- 
raount thereunto.'* And under date 26th Nov. 1683, "It 

4 



34 List of Polls and Estates, 168S. 

was agreed to lay out the one half of said third division upon 
Stoney river, and the other half where it will be most con- 
venient ; and begin the lots as to their order upon the land 
next to the five men's land at Foxon. John Potter and 
Matthew Moulthrop were appointed to lay out the lots, and 
John Thompson and Nathaniel Hitchcock were sizers." 

After the arrangements for the third division were made, 
they voted to lay out the third division, " by the list of the 
estates we give in to the payment of the minister this pre- 
sent year, with the addition of our persons' heads, not there 
2;iven in, because not rated, but here to be added, as in the 
following list alphabetically arranged." 

Matthew Moulthrop and Eliakim Hitchcock, according 
to appointment, made out the list as follows : 

Joseph Abbot Polls 1 List £16 10 *20 acres. 

John Austin 6 110 46 

\llingBali 3 26 20 

Ailing Ball, jun. 4 56 27| 

Thomas Carnes 2 7 20 

JohnChedsey 10 100 Ot 

Robert Dawson 6 16 *30 

James Denison 8 150 62 

Joseph Dickerson 1 3 20 

Samuel Heminwav 10 147 691 

Eliakim Hitchcock 8 88 49| 

Nathaniel Hitchcock 6 112 46| 

John Luddington 1 4 

William Luddington 3 52 10 24£ 

Widow Ann Mew 1 42 10 20 

Matthew Moulthrop 8 150 62 

George Pardee 5 66 351 

Thomas Pinion 6 67 *30 

John Potter 11 178 73^ 

William Roberts 4 II *30 

John Rose 5 71 10 $4$ 

Thomas Smith 8 101 521 

James Tailor 1 3 *20 

John Thompson 6 147 53^ 

Edmond Tooley 1 4 

Edward Vickars _2 23 22 

Polls 127 £1694 00 
A Minister's lot 50 

A lot for the first Minister 50—976-1 

f John Chedsey drew, but his estate not being; all lifted, the quanti- 
ty of land is not mentioned. * These five had their land at Foxon. 



Proceedings vj Xt /r-l/arcn. 35 

\\ uti this small population, and with this small property, 
•ilicv supported a minister of the Gospel about four years* 

"On the 86th Not. 168:2, the Village appointed M. 
Moulthrop, John Potter, John Thompson and SamuePHem- 
mwav, to revise the Village Records, and to select such ft£ 
were useful to be preserved, and draw them up according to 
{aw. At a meeting 22d Jan. following, the Committee pre 
rented and read what they judged needful to stand upon, 
record, which was approved and accepted by Vote, and 
the whole to be entered on their Ledger/' Samuel lleinin- 
way was appointed Clerk. He was a neat, handsome pen- 
man. 

Their public expenses, and some other embarrassments, 
were BO great, that some began to cherish the idea that they 
should not be able to proceed, and especially as their crops 
had recently failed. They therefore took a vote, 29th 
.March, 1(384, " whether they should go forward in building 
up the Village." Nineteen men being present, they all vo- 
ted to proceed. 

At this meeting John Thompson, Matthew Moulthrop, and 
Samuel lleminwav were chosen selectmen. Ami in \u- 
gust, John Thompson and Samuel lleminwav weir chosen 
collectors of rates, and George Pardee constable. And they 
continued to choose Village officers, and presented them to 
New-Haven for confirmation. 

The proceedings of the Village in dividing land, gave of- 
fence to New -Haven, and they appointed a Committee to 
confer with the Village on the subject. The Village also ap- 
pointed a Committee, to go to New -Haven and inform their 
Committee of all their proceedings. 

Hut in 1685, they appear to have relinquished their Vil- 
lage privileges, ami returned to their former connection with 
New-Haven; for about this time they requested New-Ha- 
ven to furnish them with a further division of land, w 

referred to a special Committee, whose report was ac- 
cepted and recorded, as folios 

" In answer to the inhabitants <; New-Ha Cora 

mittee appointed by the Towne to consider their | 

:t the third division, order as follow eth: 
'• 1. That in laying out the remainder of the third divis- 
ion, not yet taken upby the said inhabitant-, being app 
ed planters, it be laid out to them in quantity according to 
the List of estates in 1679, by appointed sizers, and ; 
Tamad. ?e Towne 



3Q Precautions against the Indians. 

" 2. That the grants which have been made by the late 
Village Company to any of them, having a right to the third 
division as aforesaid, be accounted as part of such remain- 
der of ihird division, except eight acres granted and laid out 
as appendix to the Mill. 

" 3. That they lay out the said remainder upon and out 
of the half mile of lands, or addition from Branford, as far 
as their granted bounds, provided that they lay it out as to 
others of the Towne, viz. one half mile in depth, and lying 
together, and not in particular tracts or parcels ; and it 
there be not enough found there, then to make up their 
quantity elsewhere within the bounds formerly granted, 
provided, that the Towne commons, as formerly appointed, 
be stated by the now appointed sizers and surveyors, who 
are to view and lay out the said proportions of third divis- 
ion, and the remainder for commons. 

"4. As to the grants of land made to sundry particular 
persons by the East side inhabitants, we see not cause at 
present to confirm ; but before we so do, we expect that 
now, having laid down the Village designs, and being re- 
turned to their former station for power and privilege with 
ourselves as one plantation, that they plainly declare them- 
selves in so doing without reservation, not to go off* from us 
when they please, or judge themselves in a capacity for it 
without the Towne's approbation in that case. 

"5. We appoint Mr. Bishop, Capt. Mansfield, and Tho- 
mas Kimberly sizers, and Enos Tamadge surveyor: and at 
the charge of the East side inhabitants : and we desire their 
answer to these premises in writing under their hands." 

[_N. H. Rec.~] 

I cannot find any reply to these resolutions ; but from this 
iime their affairs seem to have proceeded without any parti- 
cular controversy, until 1703, when the Village moved to re- 
sume their Village grant of 1680. The Village bore their 
proportion of town and colony charges, and endured great 
hardships and dangers, in attending public worship at New- 
Haven. After the termination of King Philip's war, the 
Indians were frequently in a state of commotion. Some 
powerful tribes that were under the influence of the French 
in Canada, frequently assumed a hostile attitude. In 1689, 
the town prepared a flying army, which stood ready to march 
at a moment's warning. A patrol of four horsemen was 
continually scouring the woods. And all the militia were 
obliged to carry their arms with them to public worship, pre- 



General Affairs. 37 

pared for battle. The Indians near the Village were some- 
times employed as scouting parties, and in other respects as 
useful auxiliaries. The following anecdote received from 
ihe oldest man now living in the town, and received by him 
from his father, may be worth preserving : 

A friendly Indian warrior was requested to act as centi- 
nel in the Gap, north of Mullen hill. He consented, and for 
this purpose borrowed Mr. Heminway's gun, and was assu- 
red it was well loaded. Without examination, he took the 
gun and repaired to his post. He soon perceived two enemy 
Indians descending into the valley from the Pond Rock, 
and advancing toward the Gap. They passed him, and 
when he had them in range, intending to kill both atone shot, 
lie attempted to fire, but his gun only flashed, for it was not 
charged. The spies, without observing it, passed on across 
the fresh meadows, and mingled with the friendly Indians 
about Grave hill. The disappointed warrior was enraged, 
and threatened to kill Mr. H. for deceiving him in order 
that he might be killed. Mr. H. was innocent of the charge ; 
for he had charged the gun himself, but some other person 
had discharged it without his knowledge, and priming, left 
it in the usual place in that condition. With the discovery 
of this fact, the warrior was finally pacified. But in a day 
or two, one of these spies was found dead on the Indian land, 
— and supposed to have been killed by the enraged warrior. 

The people on the East side were exposed to many dan- 
gers and inconveniences in attending public worship at New- 
Haven. The year 1690 was sickly, and they lost a num- 
ber of their useful men. Under all these circumstances, it 
was natural for them to desire relief. 

After they returned to their former connection with New- 
Haven Society, Deacon John Chedsey, John Potter and John 
Austin, obtained liberty of New-Haven, to buy one quarter 
of an acre of the Indians at the Ferry place, to build housing 
for their horses, when they went to New-Haven. They ob- 
tained a deed for the land, 4th March, 1686, which was sign- 
ed by Narranshanott, George Sagamore, Maug, and Kehow. 
They paid six shillings for it. And it was afterwards called 
Stable point. 

Nothing further appears on record of a special nature, res- 
pecting the Village, until the close of the year 1703. The 
following extracts from the Village records, will show the 
course of their affairs at that period. 

" At a Village Meeting, 23d Deer. 1703. The inhabit 

4* 



38 List of Polls and Estates, 1702. 

tants voted that they would take up their Village grant ; 
and to that end chose Capt. Ailing Ball, Lieut. Samuel 
Hotchkiss, Samuel Heminway, Sergt. John Potter, William 
Luddington, Ensign John Russel and George Pardee, for a 
Committee to manage the concerns of the Village, in order 
to a settlement according to the General Court's grant. 
And informed New-Haven of their design." 

" In April, 1704, Caleb Checisey was. chosen Moderator, 
and Ebenezer Chedsey was chosen Clerk." 

"20th Nov. 1704. They voted that all the undivided 
land within the Village bounds shall be equally divided un- 
to each of the present inhabitants, according to the heads and 
estates in 1702, when we were in a Village way, according to 
N. Haven grant, excepting persons that are tenants." 

"The Committee appointed to search for land reported 
that they judged there were yet 1200 acres of undivided 
land." 

" 30th March, 1705, they agreed to lay out a half division 
of land, according to the list in 1702; and to draw lots who 
should pitch first, and next, &c. ; and none shall pitch on the 
half mile gained from Branford. George Pardee was cho- 
sen to draw lots. Samuel Thompson and Samuel Hotch- 
kiss, jun. were chosen surveyors of the halt division." 

The following table will show their names, population, and 
estates in 1702, and the quantity of land divided to each 
person : 

Joseph Abbot Polls 3 List £75 00 00 9 acres. 

David Austin 3 74 13| 

Joshua Austin 1 59 9$ 

Capt. Ailing Ball 6 93 2U 

Laac Bradley 9 62 24 

Caleb Chedsey 6 72 194 

Daniel Collins 4 42 124- 

James Denison 6 143 26| 

Robert Dawson 4 53 13| 

Thomas Goodsell 9 128 30| 

Eliakim Hitchcock 9 152 35$ 

Nathaniel Hitchcock 2 55 9£ 

Lieut. Sa>nuel Hitchcock 7 60 2o' 

Joseph Holt 18 2 

John Howe 7 50 20& 

Samuel Heminway 7 104 24| 

John Heminway 3 53 ni 

"W idow Priscilia Thompson 1 1 Q 3 



Difficulty beticeen East- Haven and New Haven. 39 

Samuel Thompson 3 59 11? 

^-William Luddington 11 54 27 

Henry Luddington 4 25 10 

John Moulthrop 6 62 18| 

Matthew Moulthrop 6 53 17? 

Samuel Moulthrop 1 34 5| 

Eleazer Morris 8 131 28 

Ebenezer Chedsey 7 53 19 

Joseph Mallory 7 29 17 

Widow Ann Mew 1 G 2 

John Potter, sen. % 77 13 

John Potter, jun. 6 60 18 

Samuel Potter 1 36 5k 

George Pardee 9 148 32 

William Roberts 8 21 18 

John Russel 7 55 19£ 

Thomas Smith 6 107 22 

Thomas Smith, jun. 5 12 10 

John Thompson 7 106 24 

John Luddington 1 2 

Thomas Pinion 4 52 13 

Joseph Granniss 48 8 

William Bradley l 18 

Polls 200 £2550 00 00 835f acres. 

Joseph Tuttle, John Miles, and Daniel Collins were made 
inhabitants in 1706. 

The town of New-Haven was offended with the proceed- 
ings of the Village, respecting the laying out of land, and 
while the Village petition for the renewal of Parish privile- 
ges, was pending before the General Assembly, passed some 
angry resolutions, manifesting their unwillingness to admit 
the Village to Society privileges, and forbade the people 
south of Muddy river, and north of the Village line, to pay 
any longer to the support of the ministry there ; but to re- 
turn to New -Haven. 

" April 24, 1705. The Townsmen moved the Towne to 
consider whether the Towne look on the grant formerly 
made by New-Haven, doth give them power to take up again 
a Village on the east side, and whether the right of soil in the 
bounds of said Village belongs to the inhabitants there. The 
Towne by vote declare that they look upon the said former 
grant for a Village on that side to have been some time since, 
and by sundry applications and matters of record, are super 



40 Difficulty between East-Haven and Neiv-Haven, 

ceeded and cancelled, and that those neighbours may not law- 
fully resume and manage a Village affairs without a new 
grant and allowance orderly made to them ; and that the 
right of undivided and common land within the former grant 
in no wise is, or ever was, granted to the inhabitants of said 
Village, but is, and must remain at the disposal oftheTowne 
of New- Haven, as much as any other tracts of common land, 
lying within the established boundary of New-Haven Towne. 
And whereas in said former grant the farmers on that side, 
northward of the Village bounds, were allowed to pay to the 
Ministry settled in said Village till farther orders. The 
Towne likewise doth order that those inhabitants, hencefor- 
ward pay to the support of the Ministry in New-Haven platt, 
tintili that matter shall be otherwise ordered by said Towne." 

[TV. H. Bee.'] 

The right of soil in the undivided land, did, indeed, be- 
long to the town of New-Haven. And the Village had no 
right to make a division of common land, except the half- 
rnile. That belonged to the Village by a deed from Bran- 
ford, predicated on a special grant of New-Haven to that 
effect. New Haven had no right of soil in the half-mile. 

The Village, however, obtained from the General Assem- 
bly, a renewal of their Parish grant, which they had received 
in 1680. And they proceeded to manage their religious af- 
fairs in their own way. 

New-Haven attempted to tax the Village as before, which 
was resisted by the Village. And on the 24th April, 1707, 
"The Village voted that 600 acres on the lower end of the 
half-mile should be sold to defend lawsuits against New-Ha- 
ven, particularly when distressed for taxes. And that the 
purchasers should sue at the next County Court, after New- 
Haven had strained for taxes." William Luddington, John 
Russet, John Moulthrop, Joseph Tuttle, Daniel Collins, and 
Jacob Robinson, took the 600 acres on those conditions, and 
divided it among themselves. This tract lay between the 
Pond, and Bull-swamp bridge. Caleb Parmerly, Caleb 
Chedsey, and Isaac r Penfield afterwards settled on it. 

Some attempts to quiet this controversy were made, but 
without effect. In October, of this year, the Village propo- 
sed to New-Haven to take their whole right of lands within 
the Village bounds, and maintain their own poor. The next 
year, according to advice of the General Assembly, a Com- 
mittee of twelve was appointed by both parties, and the arti- 
cles of agreement proposed by the General Assembly, partly 



Charter of Privileges. 4 1 

consented to, i. e. to take the common lands within their 
bountls and support their own poor. Some of the Village 
people, however, protested against any propositions that 
might infringe their old rights. 

While these events were passing, the Village, 13th June, 
1707, "Agreed to sequester a piece of land for a burying 
place, on the south side of the pond, on the Forthill so cal- 
led, as much as may be spared from highways and watering 
cattle." Previous to this time they had buried their dead 
chiefly at New-Haven ; but some were buried on the west 
side of the green. 

In September, the village granted to Joshua Austin a 
piece of land near the springs, for beating the drum for pub- 
lic worship, and other public occasions. 

About this time also, there was a difference between the 
Village and the South-end men, respecting the last division 
of land; but this was adjusted by admitting them to a full 
proportion with the rest. 

To accomplish their object respecting further privileges 
the village proceeded thus : 

"15th Feb. 1707. Sergt. John Potter and Joseph Tuttle 
were directed to attend a Town-meeting at New-Haven, and 
obtain their consent that this Village may be settled a dis- 
tinct Towne." 

The following spring the Village petitioned the General 
Assembly for that object, which was granted. 

" May, 1707. This Assembly, considering the petition of 
the East Village of New-Haven do see cause to order that 
they shall be a Village distinct from the Towne of New-Ha- 
ven, and invested and priviledged with all immunities and 
priviledges that are proper and necessary for a village, for 
the upholding of the public worship of God, as also their 
own civil concerns ; and in order thereunto doe grant them 
libertie of all such officers so chosen as aforesaid and sworn 
as the law directs, shall be inabled with power and authori- 
se as fully and effectually for their limits or bounds as is al- 
ready granted them, as any such officers of any Towne what- 
soever : As also the said Village have libertie to have a 
school amongst themselves, with the privilege of the fortie 
shillings upon the £100 estate as every Towne hath by 
lawe, and also free their own village charge, and maintain 
their own poor as all towns are obliged to doe, and be fully- 
freed from paying any taxes to the Towne of New -Haven, 
and shall be called by the name of East-Haven,"-[CW. 7?ec] 



42 Proceedings of New -Haven, 

This is a very ample charter for all the common priviie* 
ges, and immunities and duties of a Town. The right of 
choosing a representative is not, indeed, specified, but is im* 
plied in the "immunities and priviledges of a Town e." — 
They are furnished with the officers and powers of a Town, 
and the specific duties of a Town are imposed. So the peo- 
ple considered the grant, and acted upon it by immediately 
choosing town officers, laying rates, and taking the charge 
of their own poor. And had the Village still co-operated 
with New- Haven in dividing their common lands, instead 
of assuming the right of dividing themselves, probably, they 
would not have been molested. But New-Haven was dis- 
pleased, as appears from the following document: 

" 16th Sept. 1707". The Towne taking into their consid- 
eration, that, notwithstanding all fair and friendly endeav- 
ours have been used by our Committee, for a good agreement 
between us and our neighbours at the Ironworkes, that they 
have yet given us causeless trouble and charge, in that they 
have four times summoned us to answer them before the Gen- 
eral Court, and in May last, have moved the said General 
Court that they may have the privileges of a seperate Towne, 
and be freed from payment of Towne rates here, and also that 
they have unjustly entered upon, and granted sundry parcels 
of land, being our right and property, to the great prejudice of 
ike Towne, and more particularly of some of their neigh- 
bours, do, therefore, by their vote declare, that altho' we 
have ever, hitherto, been willing, not only to grant them lib- 
erty, but all due encouragement to be a seperate society for 
carrying on the worship of God ; yet the above proceedings 
being not only injurious to our right, property, and privilege, 
secured to us by law, and our patent ; but are also accompa- 
nied with great disturbance of the peace, and much disorder, 
which is likely to increase if not prevented, that, therefore, 
we may in no measure be satisfied therewith ; but do order 
the Townsmen, with good advice in all proper methods of 
law, to endeavour the prevention thereof, and to secure our 
interest. Being informed also that the listers cannot obtain 
the bills of persons and estates from the aforesaid inhabitants 
of the Ironworkes, who refuse to deliver the same, on pre- 
tence that Towne privileges were conferred upon them sep- 
arately by the General Court, in May last, that, therefore, 
our said listers are not capable to perfect their list, and to 
give the sum total thereof according to an act of the General 
Assembly, in October last past, the Towne considering there- 



Singular Resolutions of the General Assembly. 43 

of, do declare that the sum total of their list cannot be known,, 
and desire it should not be presented, 'till it be perfected 
according to law." 

In the year 1708, Gurdon Saltonstall was elected Govern- 
or. He had marrrietl the only child of William Rosewell, 
and of course came into the possession of the Furnace farm, 
on which he fixed his residence. It is a common tradition 
among the aged people of this town, that he constantly oppo- 
sed their town privileges; and being a man of great ini u- 
ence, he had abundant opportunity to injure them. The 
most ancient man of ihis town, of excellent memory and 
judgment, and who was once conversant with the people <■{ 
that generation, related h> me the following anecdote, which 
will show the spirit of the times relative to East Haven af- 
fairs. 

The people of the Village kept large flocks of geese; ma- 
ny of which found their way to the Fur-sace pond, and fre- 
quently passed over to the Governor's farm. The Governor 
being vexed with this invasion of his rights, proclaimed a de- 
fensive war, attacked and routed the feathered army, mak- 
ing a great slaughter among them. The owners of the^eese 
thought that this was a "cruet and unnecessary war" and 
were, in turn, greatly offended. And such was the effect 
upon the minds of the inhabitants generally, that at the next 
election for Governor, not a single vote from East Haven 
appeared for Saltonstall. After this discovery, the singular 
acts were passed by the General Assembly which destroyed 
their Charter. 

Whether these representations respecting the hostility 
and influence of the Governor be correct, or not, it is cer- 
tain that a most singular legislative legerdemain followed ; 
and which, whenever adopted, is sufficient to ruin any char- 
ter, or fritter down any law, into perfect nonsense. It is 
similar in effect, to that exercise, of power by which the 
Kings of England revoked charters, and disannulled laws, 
and rendered every privilege and all property totally inse- 
cure. 

The controversy continued. And the General Assembly 
undertook to explain the act containing the town charter of 
East-Haven. 

"New-Haven, Oct. 1710. This Assembly taking into 
consideration an Act passed in the General Court held at: 
Hartford, 8th May 1707, granting several privileges to the 
Village called (in the said Act) East-Haven, do declare up- 



44 Vote to sell the Half- Mile. 

on the same, that there is nothing contained in the said Act 
that concerns property of Lands, or that excludes the said 
Village from being within the Township of New-Haven ; 
nor that intends to give the said Village the liberty of choos- 
ing deputies distinct from the Town of New-Haven." 

[Col. Rec.~] 

"5th Feb. 1711. Caleb Chedsey, Sergt. John Potter, 
John Howe, Samuel Russel, Ab. Heminway, and Samuel 
Thompson, were chosen to goeto New -Haven and discourse 
with the Committee there, about the differences they speak 
of between them and us, and to make return to the Village, 
and not to conclude of any thing respecting the aforesaid 
matters, without the approbation of the Village." 

Nothing, however, was accomplished by this attempt at 
explanation. The Commentary of the General Assembly 
did not even diminish the magnitude of the controversy. 
East- Haven pursued their own course, and New-Haven 
threatened and prosecuted the people for their taxes. 

In i716, East-Haven a^ain cited New r -Haven before the 
General Assembly, in hope that they should be able to main- 
tain their town privileges on the charter of 1707. But con- 
trary to their expectations, this application only brought 
forth a commentary on Ihe commentary last mentioned. 

"New-Haven, Oct 1716. Upon consideration of the pe- 
tition of the inhabitants at the Village of East- Haven, this 
Assembly find upon examination that the last act of this As- 
sembly, dated Oct. 17 i0, determines them to have no other 
powers than those that are common to other parishes, and, 
therefore, are of opinion that the law does not put the care 
of the poor into their hands, but into the Town of New-Ha- 
ven."— \Col Rec.~] 

In December of the same year, New-Haven "Voted to 
clear the inhabitants of East-Haven Village of all taxes to 
the Ministry or School, so long as they support the same 
according to the laws of this Colony." And appointed a 
Committee to settle with them about civil matters; and if 
they could not settle, they were determined to prosecute. 

In January, 1708, the Village found themselves in 
debt to their Minister p and meeting-house, and in order 
to cancel those debts, they voted to sell the half-mile. 
" The division to begin near Mr. Pierpont's and so come 
down. The land to be laid out in two tiers of lots, with a 
six rod road thro' the middle ; and the land was valued at 
one shilling and eight pence per acre. And proportioned at 



Sale and Division of Lands. 46 

the rate of 5 acres to the £100 estate, and one acre to the? 

poll. The land was apportioned as follows, and the money 

was paid to Caleb Chedsey, Treasurer." 

Joseph Abbot, 9 acres. Mat. Moulthrop, 17 acres. 

David Austin, 13 £ Samuel Moulthrop, 5 

Joshua Austin, 8 Ebenezer Chedsey, 19 k 

Capt. Ailing Ball, 

Isaac Bradley, 

Caleb Chedsey, 

Daniel Collins, 

Robert Dawson, 

Thomas Goodsell, 

Samuel Hotchkiss, 

Joseph Holt, 

John Howe, 

John Heminway, 

Ab'm Heminway, 

Wid. P. Thompson, 

Samuel Thompson, i6 

Wm. Luddington, 

Henry Luddington, 10 

Serg'tJ. Moulthrop, 18 

They also granted lots of land in other parts of the village 
upon the petition of individuals. 

** The Selectmen were requested to get a man to beat the 
drum on the Sabbath, and for other meetings of the village, 
as reasonably as they could." This was also the practice in 
some of the other villages, for many years. 

" At a village meeting 15th Feb. 1709, agreed to sell all 
the undivided lands on the pond Rock to the upper end- 
Thence South of a line from the south corner of Robert Daw- 
son's home lot, a strait line to the northeast corner of Da- 
venport's farme, except the parsonage lands, SO acres neaF 
the Cove, 12 near John Luddington's home lot, J2 under 
the Indian grave hill : by the road leading to Southend 16, 
— 30 acres more under the Indian hill : and a 100 rods in 
breadth from the path that leads to Capt. Ailing Ball's. 
The rest to be sequestered for building the minister's 
house." 

" 25th Feb. 1709. Another half division of land was made 
at the rate of five acres on the £100 estate and one. acre on 
the Poll." Eliphalet Pardee drew the lots. 



21| 


Joseph Mallory, 


17 


24 


John Potter, 


29 


19 £ 


George Pardee, 


32 


15 


William Roberts, 


18 


13 


John Russel, 


19 


30 


Wid. Mary Potter, 


2 


18 


Samuel Russel,. 


15 


2 


Thomas Smith, 


14 


20 


John Thompson, 


24-- 


23 


Thomas Pinion, 


13 


12 


Joseph Grannis, 


8 


3 


William Bradley, 


2 


16£ 

27 
10 


Widow Hotchkiss, 


1 


538 h acres. 



4 & List of Polls and Estates, 1 T09. 

Joseph Holt, Polls 4 £46 10 00 6£ acres, 

Joshua Austin, 1 63 10 00 4| 

Samuel Moulthrrp, 4 50 00 00 6| 

Thomas Goodsell, 10 157 00 00 18 

Ebenezer Chedsey, 8 152 00 00 11 

Eliphalet Pardee, 3 60 00 00 6 

Joseph Abbot, 4 39 00 00 6 

John Auger, 1 21 00 00 &| 

Caleb Chedsey, 5 69 00 00 H 

John Potter, ' 7 64 10 00 10£ 

Robert Dawson, 2 22 10 00 3| 

John Howe, 8 55 00 00 1 1 

Abraham Heminway, 3 81 10 00 71 

John Heminway, 6 61 10 00 91 

Thomas Roberts, 1 22 00 00 %\ 

Samuel Hotchkiss, 2 39 00 00 4 

Thomas Pinion, 2 68 00 00 5h 

Joseph Tuttle, 8 46 10 00 10| 

William Luddington, ^ 8 70 00 00 11| 

John Miles, 1 23 00 00 21 

JohnRussel, 9 66 00 00 12| 

Thomas Smith, 7 46 10 00 91 

Matthew Moulthrop, 8 52 00 00 ll 

Daniel Collins, 6 37 10 00 8 

Henry Luddington^- 8 27 00 00 9| 

Isaac'Bradley, 7 67 00 00 10* 

David Austin, 6 70 10 00 9§ 

Joseph Grannis, 6 40 10 00 8 

Ailing Ball, 6 95 00 00 11 

John Thompson, 9 122 00 00 11| 

Joseph Mallory, 8 30 10 00 91 

George Pardee, 9 130 00 00 ]5£ 

"William Roberts, 7 30 10 00 9 

Samuel Bradley, 1 20 00 00 2| 

Samuel Russel, 5 87 10 00 9£ 

John Dawson, 2 28 00 00 H 

Jacob Robinson, 1 18 00 00 5 

William Bradley, 1 20 00 00 2 

John Moulthrop, 8 71 00 00 10| 

Thomas Dawson, 1 25 00 00 2| 

Samuel Thompson, 5 92 10 00 10 

Mary Potter, 1 7 10 00 Is 

James Denison, 1 100 00 00 6 



Polls, 210 £2497 00 00 328| 
The Southend men are not in this list. 



Last Division of Lands. 47 

In December 1713, the village laid a rate for the poor, ot 
l|d. At that period wheat sold at 5s6. rye at 3s6. corn 2s&. 
as good as money. 

In 1720, wheat sold at 5.9. rye 5s. corn 2s. per bushel, and 
wood 2s6. per load. 

The Mechanics were at this time, Joseph Tuttle, John 
Auger and Ebenezer Chedsey, shoemakers ; Samuel Brad- 
ley, lock-smith ; Daniel Bradley, black-smith ; Joseph Ab- 
bot and Jacob Robinson, weavers ; John Miles, clothier ; 
Thomas Robinson and William Bradley, tailors ; Thomas 
Smith, cooper; Isaac Bradley and Henry Luddington, car- 
penters. 

" The Village meetings to be warned by beating a drum 
on Monday, from Chedsey's hill to Goodsell's hill, and al- 
so to call at some places to give notice of the meeting, to be 
given the same day morning before the meeting is held." 

" 28th March '1715, Voted to lay lots from Capt. John 
Russel's, at the end of the hill and across it, sixty rods in 
length, up to Piper's brook, as broken land." — Some of the 
way the lots were forty rods long, — and they also divided, 
other broken lands. In the same month they drew lots for 
the Pond Rock, and the other two half divisions, beginning 
at the end of the Rock. Forty-eight men drew their lots. 
They were the same as in the preceding list — 

" And as the Southend men have not had their share, vo- 
ted to make up the deficiency in the same manner, as for 
themselves." The men were Nathaniel Hitchcock, Eleazar 
Morris, John Denison, Samuel Smith, Thomas Hitchcock, 
This was the last division of land, it being now all taken up. 
The Indian Reservation was sold about the year 1730. 

In March, 1717, Matthew Moulthrop, the third, sold 
bis homestead to Thomas Shepard of Branford, and remo- 
ved on to the hill west of Foxon. — Samuel Thompson, jun. 
built north of him. Next were Benjamin and Ashur Moul- 
throp. Israel Moulthrop bought the house which Eleazar 
Morris had begun to build just before his death — Henry 
Luddington was west of him. Robert Dawson, Samuel 

Smith and his son Isaac, Russel Grannis, Bracket and 

Edward Russel, north of Samuel Thompson. Isaac and 
Samuel Chedsey were south of M. Moulthrop. 

From Mullen Hill on the Foxon Road, were James Deni- 
son, John Howel, Joseph Holt, succeeded by Timothy An- 
drews, then Isaac Holt, Samuel H'dt, succeeded by his son 
Joseph. Eliphalet and William Luddington, succeeded by 



48 Location of the Inhabitants'. 

Isaac Luddington — then Ebenezer Bradley, succeeded by 
Ezra Fields — then John Smith, Stephen Pardee, succeeded 
by Edward Russel, jun. — Isaac Goodsel — Daniel Holt and 
his son Dan — Jesse Denison, succeeded by John Denison 

and Joseph Grannis — then Thomas Grannis, Potter, 

Joseph, jun. and Isaac Grannis, Caleb Chedsey, jun. Samuel 
Russel, jun. Thomas Dawson, Israel Potter, Nathaniel 
Jocelin, Caleb Chedsey and his son Isaac — Isaac Penfield 
on the hill. Caleb Parmerly where the late Deacon S. Smith 
lived — and Joel Tuttle, succeeded by his son Christopher. 

On the road west of Mullen Hill, were Samuel Hotch- 
kiss, succeeded by Dan Bradley — then Isaac Bradley, John 
Chedsey, John Russel, and the Davenport house. 

West of Foxon road were Nathaniel Luddington, Jesse 
Luddington, Stephen Pardee, jun, and Levi Bradley. 

On the Post road near Stoney River, were Daniel Brad- 
ley and his sons Stephen, Timothy and Jacob — Ebenezer 
Chedsey bought Isaac Bradley's house north of D. Bradley 
—Daniel Hitchcock succeeded John Potter — Abraham Ched- 
sey on Chedsey hill — Jared and Samuel .«ast side of the 
Green, the latter succeeded by Zebulon Bradley — Gideon 
Potter on the west side of the Green — next south were John 
and Samuel Heminway, Stephen Thompson — Moses Thomp- 
son, succeeded by Mr. Street — Abraham Heminway, Jo- 
seph Potter — then James Way, David Potter and Mal- 

lory. — Samuel Bradley was opposite the Austin place, suc- 
ceeded by Simeon his son — then Caleb Bradley, Thomas 
Barns, Samuel Forbes, jun. and Nathaniel Barnes on the 
hill, and Daniel Auger opposite. Then Samuel Goodsel], 
succeeded by his son Jacob — then Daniel Collins and Abel 
his son — Thomas Robinson, jun. — On the back road north of 
Tuttle's bridge were Benjamin Robinson and Dan Goodsel 
and his son Edward. In Dragon woods were Job Smith, 
William Bradley, Henry O'Neal and James A. Broton. 

Daniel Morris was on the. Indian land, succeeded by Jo- 
seph Tuttle. Near the Bridge were Noah Tuttle, his son 
Timothy, Elam Luddington, Jehiel Forbes and the Hughes 
family. 

The Rowe, Brown, Pardee, Woodward, Morris, and the 
Smith and Thompson families at southend, remain on the 
land of their ancestors. Abel and James Smith, Caleb and 
Nathaniel Hitchcock, Joseph Moulthropj and some of the 
Robinson family, settled on the half-mile, now chiefly with- 



Resumption of Town Privileges. 49 

in the bounds of North- Haven. Jacob Robinson and son 
John, lived north of Foxon. 

After the year 1716, for a long time, very little appears 
on record, concerning the civil concerns of the Village. The 
General Assembly having explained away all their privi- 
leges, rights and duties as a Town, they had nothing to do, 
nor any thing to enjoy, but under the jurisdiction of New- 
Haven, excepting the duties and privileges of a mere Parish. 

Being silenced by the terror of law T -suits and " the powers 
that be,'' they yielded ; until another generation arose that 
had not known a Saltonstal, and which began to think a- 
gain that the act of 1707, really meant something according 
to the natural import of words. And accordingly, on the 
18th December, 1752, "Voted, That we will take up the 
privileges that the General Assembly and the Town of 
New-Haven have formerly granted for the time being ; and 
in order to do this, do send our Memorial forthwith to the 
Town meeting now sitting." 

" 6th December, 1753. We the subscribers, Selectmen 
of the Town of East-Haven, hereby beg leave to inform 
the inhabitants of the Town of New-Haven in Town meet- 
ing assembled, that whereas the General Assembly of the 
Colony of Connecticut, at their session at Hartford, on the 
8th May, 1707, on the humble petition of the then East 
Village of New-Haven, were pleased to order, " That the 
said Village, should be a Village distinct from the Town of 
New-Haven, and invested and priviledged with all immu- 
nities and privileges, proper and necessary for a Village, for 
the upholding the worship of God, as also their own civil con- 
cerns;" and did also grant them liberty of all such officers as 
are proper and necessary for a Town, to be chosen by them- 
selves, in order and form as all Towns by law, for each or 
any Town, and that all such officers so chosen as aforesaid 
and sworn as the law directs, should be enabled with power 
and authority as fully and effectually for their limits and 
bounds as any such officers of any Town whatsoever, and 
should be freed from paying any taxes to the Town of New- 
Haven, and be called by the name of East Haven. And 
whereas the Town of East-Haven, in pursuance of the said 
grant of the said General Assembly, did on the 6th Decem- 
ber inst. in Town meeting regularly convened, proceed to 
choose the officers by law directed in Town meetings to be 
chosen, and to make such rules, orders and regulations, as 
were necessary for the welfare and due regulation of said 

5* 



50 Objection of the Assembly. 

Town, and are determined hereafter to continue to take 
benefit of the said grant of the General Assembly, and there- 
in conduct according to the laws of this Colony, respecting 
the regulation and due Government of Towns, we have 
thought it our duty, and accordingly do in behalf of said 
Town of East-Haven and by direction from them, hereby 
notify the Town of New-Haven of such their resolutions 
and conduct, in order that the said Town of New-Haven 
may hereafter exempt themselves from any further care or 
trouble respecting the affairs of the. said Town of East- 
Haven, the regulation thereof, or the appointment of offi- 
cers therein, whereof we doubt not your favourable accept- 
ance and approbation, and are with gratitude for your past 
assistance, kindness and care : — 

Gentlemen, your humble servants. 
ROSEWELL WOODWARD^ Seledmen of thc 
ISAAC BLAKESLEE, I %ZZ ,% 

SAMUEL HEMINWAY, > East-Haven 
DANIEL HOLT, J jfca " naven ' 

East-Haven, 6th Dec. 1753." 

At the next meeting, 13th December, " Voted to defray 
the expenses of the Selectmen in defending us from the 
Town of New-Haven." 

These proceedings, however, brought upon them, once 
more, the broad hand of the General Assembly, as follows: 

" New Haven, October, 1754. Whereas by the law of 
this Colony respecting the office and duty of listers, pro- 
vision is made for the sum total of the list of the several 
Towns in this Colony, to be sent in to this Assembly, and 
whereas the Village, or Society of East-Haven, in the Town 
of New-Haven, have sent the sum total of their list into 
this Assembly, distinct from the Town of New-Haven, 
which this Assembly judging to be contrary to the law afore- 
said, for that Towns only are to send in their list, do reject 
the same, it not being the list of any Town — But forasmuch 
as it appears to this Assembly, that the said Society in 
sending said list, acted through mistake and misapprehen- 
sion, do thereupon order, that the sum total of the list sent 
in by said Society, be added to the sum total of the list of 
the Town of New-Haven, to make one sum, and that the 
same be entered on the records as the list of said Town ac- 
cordingly. It is also further ordered that the listers of 
New-Haven inspect the list of the inhabitants of said So- 
ciety, with the rest of the inhabitants of said Town, ac- 
cording to law. And the several persons who received and 



Committees appointed, 5t 

made up the list of said Society, as listers, are hereby or- 
dered to deliver the several lists of the inhabitants of said 
Society to the listers of the Town of New Haven, that they 
may make up one general list, to be delivered to the Town 
Clerk as the law directs ; and the Secretary of the Colony 
is directed to deliver two copies of this act to the Sheriff' of 
New-Haven County, one by him to be delivered to the lis- 
ters of said Town of New-Haven, and the other to the per- 
son or persons who received and made up the lists of said 
Society, for their direction respectively in the premises." — 
[_Col. Records.] 

Thus another fatal blow was o-iven to the act of 1707. 
The Village, however, was very obstinate, and was deter- 
mined not to yield. But in order to remove and prevent 
any further objections to what they apprehended to be their 
rights, on the 3d February, 1 755, " They appointed a 
Committee to apply to the General Court for Town privi- 
leges according to a former Grant, and to refuse to pay the 
two last rates of the Town ; and to make an agreement with 
New-Haven about it, if they could." 

But this plan failed. They then resumed their old 
ground, and on the 16th June, " Voted, that we will proceed 
further with respect to our privileges granted formerly to 
us by the General Assembly, and will try it in the common 
law with the Town of New-Haven, if they strain for our 
Town rates." And a Committee was appointed to manage 
this business. 

They persisted in choosing officers annual I v, and yet ap- 
pear to have acted with New-Haven in Town business. 
Nothing more appears on record respecting this controver- 
sy, until May, 1780, when the Village " Voted to apply to 
the General Assembly, to ratify and confirm our Town 
privileges, granted to this Village in 1707, and that a Com- 
mittee go to New-Haven, and let them know that we are 
determined to act in defence of said privileges." 

In December, 1781, This business was again introduced, 
and it was " Voted that a Committee be appointed to go to 
New -Haven to the next Town meeting, to petition them to 
give their assent and approbation to our taking up our Vil- 
lage grant of 1707, and to act upon the same." 

" January 1, 1782. Voted, That Levi Pardee go round 
to the people, to know whether they are willing to be a 
Town, or not." 



38 Grant of Town Charter. 

" 3d January, Voted, That we will petition the General 
Assembly, that they make us a distinct Town from New- 
Haven." In the prosecution of this object they persevered. 
And at length, after about SO years of labour and controver- 
sy, obtained their object. In 1785, New-Haven consented 
that they should become a Town. They presented a peti- 
tion to the General Assembly, and obtained the following 
grant. 

" At a General Assembly holden at Hartford, on the sec- 
ond Tuesday of May, 1785 ; upon the Memorial of the in- 
habitants of the parish of East- Haven, in the Town of New- 
Haven, representing to this Assembly the many incon- 
veniences they are subject to by reason of their being con- 
nected with, and being a part of the Town of New-Haven, 
praying that they may be constituted a distinct and sepa- 
rate Town by themselves, as per memorial; 

"Resolved by this Assembly, That the said inhabitants of 
said parish of East-Haven be, and they are hereby consti- 
tuted a Town by the name of East-Haven. And the 
bounds of the said Town of East-Haven, shall be the same 
as the bounds of the said Parish now are, and the said Town 
of East-Haven shall be entitled to, and have and enjoy all 
the rights, privileges, and immunities that the other Towns 
in this State enjoy ; and shall have liberty to elect and ap- 
point all officers necessary and proper for a Town, to lay 
taxes and collect them as Towns in this State are allowed 
by law, and to do and transact all matters necessary and 
proper for a Town. And the said Town of East-Haven shall 
be entitled to receive of the said Town of New-Haven, their 
part and proportion of all the Town Stock of said Town of 
New-Haven ; and said Town of East-Haven, shall pay 
their part and proportion of all the debts of said Town 
of New-Haven already incurred, in proportion to the sum 
of their list, in the list of the Town of New-Haven, and 
shall take upon them the charge and support of their part 
of the Town poor of said Town of New-Haven, in propor- 
tion as aforesaid. And the taxes of said Town of New- 
Haven, already laid, shall and may be collected and applied 
for the payment of the debts and expences of said Town 
of New-Haven, already incurred, and the same beino- 
paid and discharged, said Town of East-Haven shall be 
entitled to their part and proportion of the overplus, 
if any be, to be ascertained as aforesaid. And the said 
Town of East-Haven shall bear their part and propor- 



First Town Meeting. 53 

iioti of supporting the bridges and highways within the 
bounds of the Town of New-Haven and East-Haven, 
in such part and proportion as shall be judged just and 
reasonable, by William S. Johnson, Jonathan Sturgis and 
John Chester, Esq. who are appointed a Committee for 
that purpose, all the circumstances of the Town being 
duly considered ; and said Committee shall appoint and set 
off to said Town of East-Haven their part and proportion of 
the poor of the said Town of New- Haven, and the stock 
and debts in proportion to their lists as aforesaid. 

" And the said Town of East-Haven shall hold their first 
Town meeting, at the meeting-house in said East-Haven, 
on the first Tuesday of July next, at 10 o'clock A. M. when 
they may choose such Town Officers as by law are required, 
who shall remain in office until another meeting shall be 
held in and for said Town, in the month of December next. 
And said meeting shall have power and authority to transact 
all matters necessary for a Town, and to adjourn to a fu- 
ture period if necessary, said inhabitants, legal voters, be- 
ing warned three days before said meeting by Isaac Ched- 
sey, Stephen Smith and Joshua Austin of said Town of 
East-Haven, or any of them, to meet as aforesaid, and Ste- 
phen Smith shall preside at said meeting until a Moderator 
of said meeting shall be chosen, and shall take and count the 
votes of said Town for their Moderator; provided nothing 
shall be construed to hinder the inhabitants of the Town of 
New-Haven from catching fish, oysters and clams within 
the bounds of said Town of East-Haven, under the same 
restrictions and regulations that the said inhabitants of said 
East-Haven shall be. Provided also, that the said Town of 
East-Haven shall have liberty to send one representative to 
the General Assembly of this State." — [State and Town 
Records.*] 

The first Town Meeting under this act was held in the 
Meeting-house on the first Tuesday of July, 1785. The 
meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Street, 
and a sermon adapted to the occasion from Psalm cxxii. 
S, 7, 8, 9 — And the necessary Town Officers were appoint- 
ed. 

Previous to these transactions, New-Haven confirmed 
the doings of the Village respecting the divisions of land in 
East Haven, which had been the subject of so much contro- 
versy ; and the people of East-Haven on their part, relin- 
quished their claim to all the common lands iu the other 



'54 List of the Freemen of East -Haven, 

parts of the Town of New-Haven. Thus all their contro- 
versies, which had agitated the Town for about eighty years, 
were brought to a happy issue. 

Rev. John Woodward was admitted an inhabitant of 
New-Haven, 1716, and obtained liberty of the Town to 
buy of the Indians one acre of land, to accommodate his 
house. He bought various pieces of land around him, and 
thus became possessed of a convenient farm. In 1738, he 
was chosen Moderator of Society meeting. This is his first 
appearance on the Village records. 

Deodate Davenport came from Stamford, and appears 
first on Record, 1729. Samuel Forbes is mentioned, 1728, 
and was employed in ship-building, on the point below the 
mill. Joseph Bishop appears on record, 1751. 

Samuel Heminway was the first Clerk of the Village. Then 
Ebenezer Chedsey, from 1702, to his death in 1726. Then 
Samuel Hotchkiss one year, and then Gideon Potter until 
1757. Then Isaac Holt and Timothy Andrews a short 
time. Then Simeon Bradley from 1763 to 1778, excepting 
the year r 68, when Abraham Heminway served. Joshua 
Austin was chosen in 1779 — and Josiah Bradley, 1787. 

Joseph Potter was appointed Sexton in 1742. The price 
for 3 winter months, all above 10 years, eleven shillings; 
all under 10, ten shillings, — and the other 9 months, 
six shillings. In 1747, Ebenezer Darrow was appointed 
Sexton, and had one shilling more than J. Potter had. 
Then in 1763, James Way — and in 1765 was succeeded by 
Samuel Shepard, and he was succeeded by his son Thomas 
Shepard. 

A list of the Freemen in East-Haven was made up and 
recorded in the year 1754 — as follows : 
Rev. Jacob Heminway Samuel Thompson, Jun. 

Capt. Thomas Smith Eliakim Robinson 

Joseph Tuttle Thomas Robinson 

Capt. Theophilus Ailing Dan Moulthrop 

Capt. Samuel Smith Ens. Daniel Holt 

Capt. Deodate Davenport Lieut. Isaac Blakeslee 
Deacon Joshua Austin Daniel Granger 

Capt. Joseph Tuttle Caleb Chedsey 

Gideon Potter Isaac Holt 

Daniel Finch Thomas Robinson, Jun, 

Eliphalet Luddington , Patterson Smith 

Samuel Bradley Caleb Hitchcock 

Isaac Penfield James Smith 



Town Boundary — Bridges. 55 

Zabulon Bradley Daniel Finch, Jun. 

Samuel Forbes Jonathan Barnes 

John Woodward Stephen Thompson 

Rosewell Woodward William Rogers 

John Moulthrop Nathaniel Barnes 

Lieut. John Russell Benjamin Smith 

Daniel Bradley James Denison 

Moses Page Daniel Auger 

Amos Morris Abel Smith 

John Shepard Stephen Morris 

Nathaniel Luddinjrton I Isaac Bradlev 

Abraham Heminway Daniel Smith 

Isaac Goodsell Stephen Bradley 

Abraham Chedsey Dan Bradley 

Samuel Heminway, Esq. John Chedsey 

Daniel Hitchcock Joel Tuttle 

Joseph Bishop Stephen Hitchcock. 

John Heminway 

61 Freemen. 

In 1782 the General Assembly, by a special act, secured 
the right of the Ferry at Ferry Point, to the Parish of East- 
Haven. The water bounds between New-Haven and East- 
Haven were settled 1789. The line is in the middle of the 
Quinipiack River, and along the channel of the Harbour to 
the sea. 

The same year the town granted the owners of the salt 
meadow the privileg'e of building a dam across the Stoney 
River at the lower narrows. 

It being in contemplation to build a bridge at Dragon 
Point, a committee was-appointed to oppose it ; but without 
effect, for it was built in 1790 — 1. Samuel Davenport was 
then appointed to show cause why the people of East-Haven 
should not pay toll to Dragon Bridge ; but after much alter- 
cation, the remonstrance came to nothing. In 1792, new 
roads were laid out to favour the bridge. In 1796, a grant 
was made by the General Assembly, for a bridge at the new 
Ferry, to Enos Heminway, Stephen Woodward and others. 
Thus the Harbour bridge was built. 

" 16th Feb. 1797. At a Proprietors' meeting, granted to 
Enos Heminway, Stephen Woodward and company, of the 
bridge, the flats, 187 feet in width, from the landing where 
the lower Ferry hath lately been kept, running westward to 
the channel, on which a bridge of 27 feet in width is to be 
built on the centre, and the remainder for the perpetual use 



5§ Ecclesiastical Affairs, 

of the company for wharves, stores, &c. so long as the said 
bridge shall be built and be kept in good repair." They 
then voted to grant all the Flats to the town of East- 
Haven. 

" March 13, 1797 — Voted an enlargement of the burying 
ground. The north line to run straight from the northwest 
corner of Moses Thompson's house, running westward in a 
straight line and course, leaving Nehemiah Smith's house 
57 feet to the south of said line." Then — " Voted that we 
do give up to the Town of East- Haven all the propriety 
right which we now have to the common and undivided 
lands and highways within said Town." 

— ^s©^- 

CHAP. V. 

• ON ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS. 

Society formed ; Church gathered ; Ministers ordained $ 
Meeting-houses built ; Glebe property laid out and sold, 

THE inhabitants on the east side of the Quinipiack, from 
their first settlement, attended public worship at New-Ha- 
ven ; but with great inconvenience, labour, and danger. 
They were obliged to leave home early in the morning, 
travel through the woods, on unmade roads, and then cross 
the Ferry, which was often dangerous. During the Indian 
wars and commotions, the women and children, on the Sab- 
bath, were collected together at one house in the neighbour- 
hood, under the protection of a guard, while some part of 
the families attended public worship at New-Haven. And 
for many years, the men were required by law, under the 
penalty of a tine, to appear at meeting, with their arms, 
ready for battle. Similar inconveniences attended the trans- 
action of their business at New-Haven. It was natural for 
them, therefore, to anticipate advantages from being organi- 
zed as a distinct parish from New-Haven. With zeal they 
prosecuted this object. In the year 1678, they petitioned 
New-Haven for their consent to become a distinct village, 
and for some other privileges. Not succeeding that year, 
on the 18th Aug. 1679, they renewed their application, 
which resulted as follows: 

" At a town meeting held in New-Haven, 29th Dec. 1679 
—and for the village on the East side, those inhabitants gave 



Articles of the Grant. 57 

in their propositions to the Committee, which they desired 
might be granted, which were — 

1. That they might have liberty to get a Minister 
amongst them for their meeting, and keep the Sabbath in a 
way as they ought. 

2. That boundary might be granted them as high as 
Muddy River. 

3. That they have liberty of admitting inhabitants among 
them, for their help in the work and maintenance of a Min- 
ister. 

4. That they may have liberty to purchase some lands of 
the Indians, near Mr. Gregson's, if the Indians are willing 
to part with it. 

5. That what land of the Quinipiack is within Branford 
stated bounds, the right of the purchase may be given them. 

6. Lastly, that they may be freed from rates to the Towne 
when they shall have procured a Minister." 

This business was referred to a committee, to report at 
next meeting;. 

" At a Town Meeting, held in New-Haven, 29th Deer. 
1679 — the inhabitants of Stoney River, Southend, and some 
others, on the East side of the River, having formerly made 
a motion, and for several reasons therein expressed, to have 
liberty among themselves, to procure a minister to preach 
the Word and administer ordinances among them, and seve- 
ral other particulars, as in their petition more fully appears ; 
the Towne at their request appointed a Committee to ex- 
amine and prepare matters against some other meeting ; and 
after some consideration of the business, did prepare an 
answer, and made return to the Towne at the aforesaid 
meeting which is as follow eth. 

" 1. That they be encouraged and have liberty granted to 
get a Minister to settle amongst them as soon as it dotli ap- 
pear they are in a capacity to maintaine a Minister and up- 
hold the ordinances of Christ. 

" 2. That when they are settled in a village way with Min- 
istry, they have liberty to admit their own inhabitants for 
the future, but to attend to such cautions and considerations 
for the regulation of their settlement, as may consist with 
the interest of religion, and the Congregational way of the 
Churches, provided for, to be upheld. 

" 3. As to the purchase of land of the Indians near Mr. 
Gregson's farme ; New -Haven being bound in covenant to 
supply the Indians with land for planting when they need, 

6 



£g Parish Grants, 

how tar liberty to purchase lands of them may consist vvitfi 
that engagement, unless with due caution, is to be consider- 
ed." 

[The 4th article has been already quoted— see page 31.] 

" 5. For the payment of rates to New-Ha\en, that they 
be freed from it when they are settled in a Village way 
with Ministry. 

" 6. For Commonage, that the stated Commonage be at 
liberty on that side of the River within their limits, for the 
use of New -Haven as hitherto, and what shall remain for 
commonage within be agreed upon. 

" 7. That the inhabitants of New-Haven, that live in inc. 
Towne, and have propriety in land on the Indian side, 
whilst they so continue, pay their rates to New-Haven as 
hitherto. 

" 8. That their bounds shall be the north side of Ailing 
Ball's farme, by a line from the River as his line runs uu- 
till it meets with Branford line, above Foxon's ; and that 
the farmers above that line be left at liberty to contribute to 
the Ministry with them, and such not to pay to the Min- 
istry at New-Haven, whilst they so i\o, untill further or- 
ders." 

After the Towne had heard the considerations of the 
Committee in answer to the inhabitants on the East side 
respecting the Village ; the Town approved and confirmed it 
to be their order by Vote. 

Agreeable to this giant, the Village applied to the Gene- 
ral Court for a law to locate and incorporate them as a So- 
ciety. That transaction will appear from the following 
documents. So early as May, 1667, they had requested 
this privilege of the General Assembly, when they Resolv- 
ed, " Upon the Motion of the Deputies of New-Haven, this 
Court grants the Towne liberty to make a Village on the 
East side of the East River, if they see it capable [or such a 
thing, provided they settle a Village there within lour years 
from May next." 

"A General Court of Election held at Hartford, 13th 
May, 16§0. In answer to the petition of John Potter, 
Samuel Heminway and Eliakim Hitchcock, that they n 
have liberty (they having obtained consent of New -Haven) 
to become a Village and to set up a distinct Congregation 
there, with liberty to invite and settle an orthodox Minis- 
ter amongst them. 



Parish Grants. 59 

" This Court considering the great difficulties they have 
$net vvithall in their passage to attend the publique worship 
of God hitherto, and upon hopes that they may be capable 
to set up and naayntaine the publique worship of God in that 
place, as a particular Society of themselves, doe grant them 
free liberty, if they do find themselves able, to proceed and 
carry on the worke in the best way they can, and for their 
encouragement therein and towards erecting a place for 
publique worship, this Court will free them from country 
rates for three yeares ; the time to commence when they have 
a Minister amongst them, and then they are also to be free 
from the payment of rates to New-Haven, and not before ; 
and this Court doe desire Mr. Jones, Mr. Bishop and Capt. 
Nash, to treat with their neighbours of Branford to grant 
the said Village what enlargement they can upon the ac- 
count of good neighbourhood, and the necessity of the case, 
and New-Haven purchase; and this Court shall be ready 
to grant them what encouragement they may, as it shall be 
desired of them for the future ; and it is also ordered that 
if upon tryall they shall find themselves able to goe thorow 
such a worke as mayntayning a settled Ministry amongst 
them, and are destitute of one, they shall return to their 
first station to New-Haven till they shall be able to goe 
thorow the worke." — [Co/. Rec.~\ 

According to this grant the Village immediately proceeded 
in making arrangements to obtain a preacher. 

" 17th January , 1681, They appointed John Thompson 
and Samuel Heminway to speak with Mr. James Ailing to 
know his mind in reference to his settling with us in the 
worke of the ministry.'' 

" At the same meeting the Village granted 100 acres of 
land to the encouragement of the Ministry amongst them. 
The. one half of which they give to the first minister that 
shall settle with them in that worke. And the other half 
for the standing use of the Ministry here forever. And that 
this last fifty acres, given to the Ministry, shall not be given 
away to any, either by major vote or otherwise." 

The Committee applied to Mr. Ailing, who served them 
several months, but contemplating a long journey, he de- 
clined their invitation to stay longer with them. The Com- 
mittee reported this to the Village meeting, and " they then 
agreed to look out some other meet person, to carry on the 
worke of the ministry here; They directed their Commit- 
tee to renew their application to Mr. Ailing, and if unsuc- 



60 Ministers House. 

cessful, then goe to Mr. Harriman, and treat with him, and 
desire his help in thelViinistry amongst us, and further, to 
give him an invitation to a settlement in the worke of the 
ministry amongst us. It was also ordered that Matthew 
Moulthrop, and John Potter doe set out five acres of the 
land upon the Green, formerly granted, the one half for the 
Ministry, and one half for the first Minister that shall set- 
tle with us, and they are to leave the spring clear, for a wa- 
tering place for cattle. It is also agreed that the 95 acres 
to the Ministry, and the minister that shall settle with us, 
the one half of it shall be laid as near home as may be, and 
the other half upon Stoney River.' 7 

This land was laid out as follows : " Five acres on the 
South-east corner of the Green, on which Mr. Heminway 's 
house was built. 12 3 acres beyond the bridge swamp. 31 
acres lying at the Solitary Cove — this lot lies between the 
pat!. s that goe to the Cove Meadow. 12 acres near 
John Luddington'shome lot — 16 acres by the road leading 
to Southend — 48 acres under Indian Grave hill. And a 
100 rods in breadth from the path that leads from Foxon's to 
Capt. Ailing Ball's — and 30 acres on the half mile when 
that was divided." 

A part of this land was sold to Rev. J. Heminway, to pay 
up the arrears of his salary. And some of it was sold to de- 
fray the expenses incurred for building the first meeting- 
house. And 50 acres was given to Mr. Heminway as the 
lirst minister. In 1739, the parsonage lands were all re- 
surveyed, and another piece was added, south of Samuel 
Hotchkiss's farm. " And all the above parcels of land, 
were by vote, sequestered and set apart to be improved for 
upholding the Presbyterian Ministry in this Society forev- 
er." — And entered on New-Haven records. 

Mr/ Harriman was employed, and the Village raised by 
tax £^0 for his support — " current money with the mer- 
chant." And they gave him a formal call in November, 
1683. 

" They also voted to proceed immediately to build a house 
for the minister, and to finish it in a year." This they at- 
tempted to accomplish by a subscription, which is a speci- 
men of the public spirit of the Village at that period. 

" A Catalogue of the persons, together with the several 
sums they (this day) promise freely to contribute towards 
building the minister's house and fencing the home lot, which 
are as follows :" — 



Minister called. 


James Denison 


£20 00 00 


John Thompson, 


20 00 00 


Samuel Heminway, 


20 00 00 


Nathaniel Hitchcock, 


10 00 00 


Thomas Smith, 


10 00 00 


Eliakim Hitchcock, 


6 00 00 


George Pardee, 


5 00 00 


William Luddington, 


5 00 00 


Thomas Pinion, 


2 10 00 


James Tailor, 


1 10 00 


William Roberts, 


1 10 00 


Robert Dawson, 


2 00 00 


Isaac Bradley, 


1 00 00 



6* 



£104 10 00 

" Matthew Moulthrop will do what he can. John Potter 
also. Joseph Abbot, 25 rods of rail fence about the home 
lot." 

" The house is to be 36 feet long and two stories high. 
And to be set on the side of the Green, west of Matthew 
Moulthrop's." The house, however, was not built at that 
time, and it is probable that Mr. Harriman did not continue 
long with them ; as they seem not to have proceeded in 
their Society plans after 1684 or 5. For in 1686, they are 
mentioned in a land affair, as having returned to their for- 
mer connection with New-Haven. — Unhappily, there is a 
chasm in the Village Records from April, 1685, to 23d De- 
cember, 1703. 

At a meeting held at the last mentioned date, " The In- 
habitants voted to take up their Village grant ; and ap- 
pointed a Committee to manage the concerns of the Village 
in order to a settlement, according to the General Court 
grant, and informed New-Haven of their design." They 
pursued that object, and m September the next year, ap- 
pointed a Committee to prefer a petition to the General 
Assembly, to meet in October, at New Haven. A petition 
was presented and met with success. 

" At a General Assembly at Hartford, May 1704. This 
assembly having considered the petition of Capt. Ailing Ball 
and John Potter, inhabitants on the east side of the East River, 
in the Township of New Haven, moving, that whereas this 
Assembly did formerly grant that they should be a distinct 
society, and have liberty to call and settle a Minister 
amongst them, when they should find themselves able to 

6* 



62 Minister called, 

maintain the ordinances of God in a suitable manner, and 
that they doe apprehend that they are able so to doe, that, 
therefore, this Assembly would please to grant them certain 
privileges, and other matters and things for their encourage- 
ment, and enabling them to goe forward with that woike ; 
this Assembly for divers weighty reasons doe see cause to 
referre the further consideration of their petition to their 
General Assembly in Oct. next. And if the inhabitants of 
New-Haven doe not appear, at the said Genera! Assembly, 
and there make their pleas, then the petition shall he granted, 
with this restriction, that the propriety of lands shall not be 
concerned with?" 

" General Assembly, liolden at New-Haven, 11 ill Oct. 
1705, Samuel Hernia way, Thomas Good sell, Ailing Ball, 
John Potter Jun. John Moulthrop, Samuel Thompson, and 
Abraham Heminway, presenting a petition on the behalf of 
the inhabitants, or Village on the East side of New-Haven 
East River, wherein they pray for the reestablishment of a 
former grant (excepting their freedom from countrie rates for 
three years, which p' ivelege they have formerly enjoyed) and 
also empower them from time to time to make rates upon the 
inhabitants within the bounds of the said Village, as exprest 
and stated in the grant of New -Haven, Nov. £9, 1679 — for 
the maintenance of their minister and building a meeting 
house, and to choose collectors, for collecting said rates, and 
a Constable and Societie Recorder to record the orders of 
the said Village, respecting the ministrie and meeting house." 

[Col. Bee.'] 

While these matters were pending, they were making 
preparation, and looking about them, for a minister. Jacob, 
the youngest son of Samuel Heminway, and born in the Vil- 
lage, graduated at the college at Say brook, under the Presi- 
dency of the Rev. Abraham Pierson, 1703, and was then 
about 20 years of age. — To him the people turned their at- 
tention. 

"At a meeting of the Village, 20th Nov. 1704, Voted to 
look cut for a minister to carry on the pubiick worship of 
God amongst us ; and it was voted — 

1. To seek to Sir Heminway that he would give them a 
taste of his gifts in order to settlement in the worke of the 
ministry. And — 

2. Voted to desire John Potter, Sen. Caleb Chedsey, and 
Ebenezer Chedsey, to treat with Sir Heminway, to get him, 
if they could, to give them a taste of his gifts in preaching: 
the Word." 



Parsonage built. 63 

At another meeting of the Village, 19th Dec. following — 
" They having had some taste of Sir Heminway in preach 
ing the Word, did declare theft" desire to have him go on in 
the worke of the Ministry amongst us, in order to settle- 
ment ; and towards his encouragement they engage to allow 
him after the rate of £4.0 by the year in pay. And, Voted 
that George Pardee and Caleb Chedsey signify our desires 
and propositions to Sir Heminway, and take his answer and 
make returne." 

The Committee immediately consulted Mr. Heminway, 
and reported at the same meeting, " That Sir Heminway 
does comply with their motion, God's grace assisting, and 
does accept the proposition, and desires some consideration 
with respect to wood." 

The next month they voted to give him .£50 a year. They 
continued in this state until the close of the year 1706, when, 
at a meeting, the village appointed " William Luddington 
and John Potter to treat with Sir Jacob Heminway, to see 
whether he will goe on in the worke of the Ministry amongst 
us." And the same day reported Mr. Heminway's answer 
in writing:. 

" Gentlemen, Whereas you have given me notice by two 
men, that you desire me to carry on the work of the Minis- 
try in order to settlement among you. I do, therefore, here- 
by give you notice that so far as God shall enable me there- 
unto, I am heartily ready and willing to gratify these your 
desires upon these conditions-- 1. That yen give me .£50 
yearly, and my wood. 2. That you build me a good con- 
venient dwelling house, within ^ years time, or give me 
money sufficient to do the same, one half this vear cnsii'msr, 
and one half the next. 3. That when it is in your power, 
you give me a good and sufficient portion of land. 

From my study, 2d Deer. 17C6. Yours to serve. 

JACOB HEMINWAY." 

On the 26th of the same month, the Village met and vot- 
ed, " W T e do promise Mr. Heminway, if he will carry on the 
work of the Ministry in said Village, to build him a house, 
if we can, in two years after this date, and give him £50 
pay, and his wood. And in the mean time, if he wants a 
house, to hire him one." To accomplish these objects they 
laid a tax of four-pence farthing. 

In the year 1707, the village built a house for Mr. Hem- 
inway, 40 feet long and 20 feet wide, on a five acre lot, on 
the south-east corner of the Green. One half acre was al- 



@4 Church gathered — Pastor ordained. 

lowed to set the house upon, adjoining to Mr. Heminway's 
home lot. The wages in working at the house were three 
shillings a day for a man, and six for a team. 

The terms proposed were adjusted and ratified in 
1709. They gave to him the house and lot it stood 
on — also twelve acres on the cove road, twelve acres in 
the bridge swamp, 30 acres in the half mile, £50 per an- 
num, and sufficient wood, " if he performs the worke 
of the Ministry so long as he is able ; or if it be our fault 
that he is forced to leave us, it shall be his. But if it be his 
fault, or he leaves the place, or is hindered in the worke, 
then the property is to return to the Village. And he is to 
have the use of the Parsonage land." 

The same year, " 3d May, 1709, voted to petition the 
General Assembly that we may embody into a Church 
state." 

" May 12, this Assembly do grant their consent and full 
liberty to the inhabitants of the village of East-Haven, in 
this colony, to embody themselves into a Church state, with 
the approbation of their neighbouring churches." 

The care and solemnity with which they proceeded in 
preparing for that transaction is worthy of notice. 

April 25th, 1710. " Upon some considerations about set- 
ting up the worship and ordinances of Christ in this place, 
and in order to a suitable attendance upon so great and 
weighty a worke, the village made choice of, and desired 
sundry persons, whose names are underwritten, as a Com- 
mittee, to take advice and search for the right way, as near 
as may be ascertained, to prosecute the aforesaid worke, 
under hopes of the blessing of God to accompany and suc- 
ceed such a worke for soul good to us, and ours after us, to 
many generations." The persons chosen for this object 
were, William Luddington, Thomas Goodsell, Lieut. John 
Russell, George Pardee, Caleb Chedsey, Sergt. John Potter, 
and Daniel Collins. 

With such views the Church was gathered and constitu- 
ted a Congregational Church ; and became a member of 
the Consociation of New-Haven county ; that body having 
been organized, according to Saybrook Platform, in 1709. 

The Church was gathered on the 8th Oct. 1711, and Mr. 
Heminway was ordained Pastor of the Church the same day. 
But unhappily no Church Record can be found of the trans- 
actions of that day, nor of the affairs of the Church until 
1755. It however appears, that Caleb Chedsey was one of 
the first Deacons ; he died in 1713. Joshua Austin was 



Meeting-house built. 65 

Deacon in 1718. And he and Thomas Smith were both 
Deacons at the time of Mr. Street's ordination, but were 
then very aged. To them succeeded Deodate Davenport 
and Daniel Hitchcock — then Samuel and Abraham Hemin- 
way — then Amos Morris, Stephen Smith, Samuel Daven- 
port, John Morris, and Levi Pardee. 

When Mr. Heminway commenced his labours, the village 
had no meeting-house. But at a meeting, June 10th, 1706, 
" The Village agreed to build, 20 feet long, 16 feet wide, and 
17 feet between joints, and set it across the east end of the 
School House/' William Luddington and John Russell 
were overseers of the work, and were allowed 3s. 6d. per 
day, other men 3s. and team 6s. This house served them 
until the year 1719, when they erected another house on the 
hill, or " Note," the northwest corner of the Green, where 
the road is now laid. So early as the year 1714, the Village 
" voted to build a meeting-house 30 by 40 feet, 20 feet high, 
and jutted one foot at each end, with a strait roof." And 
the next year, they voted a sixpenny rate for the expense. 
In 1718 they began the house. Capt. John Russell, Nathan- 
iel Hitchcock, Abraham Heminway and Samuel Hotchkiss, 
were the building Committee. And the next year they 
were charged " to hu rry the work." The form of the seats 
and the pulpit were to be like those of Branford meeting- 
house : and a pew was to be built for the Ministry. Wages 
from the 10th Sept. to the 10th March, to be 2s. 6d. ; and 
the rest of the year 3s. team 5s. Indian corn 2s. 6d. 

The house being sufficiently advanced to occupy, the 19th 
Oct. 1719, the Village met and " voted that the new Meet- 
ing-house should be seated: — that the first short seat should 
be reckoned equal with the second long seat and so on : — 
that Mr. Shepard, Mr. Tuttle, and William Luddington, 
should sit in the first short seat. And old Mrs. Heminway, 
Mrs. Bradley, Mrs. Denison and Mis. Smith, shall sit in the 
first seat of the square body. Mr. Pardee, Mr. Morris, 
Capt. Russell, Sergt. John Thompson, Samuel Russell, and 
Samuel Clark, shall sit in the fore seat of the square body. 
And these six men are chosen to seat the rest of the meeting- 
house, or the major part of them to do it, according to their 
rates in 1717, and that by Monday next ensuing." 

About 30 years afterwards, the meeting-house wanting 
repairs, it was motioned to build a new house ; but they 
continued to repair the old one for about fifty years, when 
they began the erection of the stone house, in the mean 



66 Mr. Street called — his Salary. 

time the people growing remiss concerning the wood with 
which they had stipulated to supply Mr. Heminway, they 
voted to give him £50 in lieu of wood, provided it was not 
delivered in a specified time, for which they would be allow- 
ed 3s. per load. 

£0th Feb. 1722. " Voted, that Mr. Heminway shall have 
a piece of land for pasturing, adjoining to the west end of his 
borne lot, as it is set out by Deacon Austin, Thomas Alcock 
and Wiliiam Bradley. He to have the use of said land, so 
long as he shall continue in the woike of the Ministry amongst 
us in this place, he paying to the Village one shilling per 
year, yearly, so long as he improves said land for pasturing. 
The bounds of the land set out by the aforesaid three men, is 
about 13 rods on the Southend, on the westerly side 17 rods, 
and northerly 10 rods." 

In Jan. 1737, they voted to sell the Parsonage, and con- 
stitute a permanent fund with the avails. This measure, 
however, was opposed, and John Heminway, Joseph Gran- 
nis, Samuel Russell, Matthew Rowe, John Dawson, Moses 
Thompson, James Denison, Isaac Penfteld, Samuel Smith, 
and Isaac Howe, entered their protest against selling the 
Parsonage land. 

In 175:1 " Voted that Mr. Heminway shall name the 
Psalm in public, Naihaniel Barnes shall tune the Psalm, and 
in his absence Jacob or Isaac Goodaeii." 

Mr. Heminway continued in the Ministry 50 years, and 
died 7th Oct. 1754, in the 7lst year of his age. 

In March, 1755, Mr. Nicholas Street was invited to 
preach for the Society on probation, with the consent of the 
Rev. Association. 

" At a Society meeting, 5th July, 1755, voted unanimous- 
ly to give Mr. Street a call to settle in the worke of the Gos- 
pel ministry with us, and appointed a Committee to treat 
with him on the subject. 5 ' And in Aug. " Voted, that we 
will give Mr. Street for his settlement amongst us, £1500 
money, Old Tenor; to pay £500 in one year; £500 in two 
years, and £500 in three years. And if he changes his prin- 
ciples from what he was settled upon, then he shall return 
the £1500 in money, to the Society." This was equal to 
about £126 i roelamation money. 

" Voted to give Mr. Street for his yearly salary £60, in 
New-York money, dollars at 8s. or any other money equiv- 
alent thereunto, for tile first year; sixty-live in the same 
money for the second year, and seventy in the same money 



New Meeting-house located. Or 



"o 



for the third year, and so to continue yearly so long as the 
said Mr. Street shall preach with us." 

"Voted, also, that Mr. Street shall have the use of that pi 
of parsonage land by the two springs, three years after he is 
ordained." " Voted, also, that Mr. Street shall have the. use 
of the two bigest pieces of land, so long as he shall continue 
in the work of the Ministry amongst us." At the same 
meeting Mr. Street personally appeared, and accepted of the 
aforesaid proposal. And was ordained by the Consociation 
of New-Haven County, 8th Oct. 1755. 

In 1768, the Society again voted to sell all the Parsonage 
lands and give Mr. Street <£80 salary. The next year, 30th 
Jan. 1769, "Voted to sell all the parsonage lands. The mon- 
ies arising and accruing to the said Society from the sale of 
said lands shall be kept as a fund for t\\? support of a regular 
Calvinistic Ministry, upon Saybrook Platform, especially as 
to ^ne doctrines thoreof, in East- Haven ; and that the inter- 
est of said fund shall annually be paid to such a ministry and 
no other, according to the original intention in the seques- 
tration of said lands." The sales amounted to £'390 9s. 9d. 
In 1779, it became convenient for some of the purchasers to 
make payment in the depreciated Continental Bills, when 
they were already reduced four to one, i. e. one dollar was 
worth only 25 cents in silver. A vote of the Society Was 
obtained to call in the money ; and thus all that fund sunk 
in their hands to about 8300 ! ! For the sake of this fund, 
Mr. Street had previously relinquished the parsonage and 
his wood, and accepted of aS80 salary. 

The same year the Society voted to build a new meeting- 
house. And in voting where it should stand, 57 votes ap- 
peared for the Green, and 27 for the end of Mullen Mill. A 
large Committee was then appointed to fix upon the place ; 
but they could not agree. The next year, (hey chose Capt. 
Eliakim Hall, Col. Chauncey, and James Wadsworth, a 
mittee for that purpose, who met, and their doings were 
■■ted to the Court. But the j le we *e not ye 
ed. The same result at; ended another l tee in M 

1771. In Dec. of ti\e same year, ihay tried another vote : 
when 20 votes apj eared for the Green, 2 for Thompson's 
corner, and 29 for the end of the "hill- B onvinced 

they should not agree, in Feb. 1772, tli ;y voted to ap- 
ply to the County Court, and request that two of the Judges 
and another man be of the Committi e. They met and fixed 
the stake on Thompson's corner. In this decision the Soci 
ety acquiesced, and began to make preparations to build. 



68 The Steeple added. 

The end of the hill was the centre of the Society, and 
nearly in the centre of the population, north and south. The 
Green would be more convenient for the south and east part 
of the society. The Southend people had to go round by the 
Cove and come out on the Green. The road was crooked, 
long, and some part of the way very uncomfortable. The 
present road from the meeting-house to Southend was laid 
out after that period. 

John Woodward, Amos Morris and Stephen Morris, and 
afterwards Stephen Thompson, Joel Tuttle, and Stephen 
Smith, were of the building Committee. Isaac Chedsey and 
Dan Bradley were chosen in 1774. "27th April, 1772, 
Voted to build a stone house 60 feet long, and to lay a six- 
penny rate for it." The Committee were authorized to 
purchase the land of John Thompson, and pay for it out of 
that rate. The house was begun without a steeple, but a 
few enterprizing men were determined to have one, and 
finally obtained a Society vote for it, and also to add eight 
feet to the length. The outside of the walls now measure 
70 feet by 50, exclusive of the steeple. In 1773 and 4, the 
walls were raised and covered. The seats were then re- 
moved from the old house into the new, and public worship 
commenced in it in Sept. 1774. The finishing of the house 
was suspended for several years. 

It was a great and honorable work, and there stands as a 
lasting monument of the enterprizc, public spirit, wisdom 
and perseverance of the undertakers, and especially of the 
leaders. It was a cheaper building than one of wood : — 
They had stone and lime, and teams and laborers enough to 
do the work. A stone house saved them money. — The pa- 
pers containing the accounts of the building are lost, and 
the expense of it cannot now be ascertained. But it is 
supposed that when they began to meet in it, it had cost 
ten or eleven thousand dollars. The steeple and inside of 
the house were finished several years afterwards. For the 
war coming on, nothing could be done. Indeed, the society 
has never seen a more favorable period for this great work. 
They were then united as one people. And the society, 
probably, never contained a company of men of more enter- 
prize or greater resolution and public spirit, than that gen- 
eration contained. The Revolutionary war commenced 
the next year. And when that war was terminated, divi- 
sions began to appear, and have considerably diminished 
the active ability of the society to perform such a work a- 



The Episcopal Society formed. 69 

gain — and in a few years a number of those influential and 
enterprizing men were removed by death. And 'hough 
there is yet a considerable portion of wealth in the society, 
it is not accompanied with the same resolution and enter- 
prize which the Fathers possessed. — But it ought to be con- 
sidered, that the hand of the Lord was in the work. The 
time had come when the " Lord's house should be built," 
and then men and means were prepared to execute :!ie 
work of the Lord, and fulfil the divine purpose. " Except 
the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it." 
And when the work was done, the people had occasion to 
say, " the Lord hath done great things for us, whereof ive 
are glad." 

A serious calamity, however, befel the builders. The 
workmen were raising the last window cap, on the back side, 
when the scaffold gave way, and three men with the stone in 
their arms fell to the ground. Toney was considerably in- 
jured, but in two weeks was so much recovered that he ran 
away. Mr. Stephen Thompson had his skull fractured, 
was trepanned, and after much suffering, recovered. Mr. 
Joseph Hotchkiss had one leg crushed by the stone, passed 
through ten months of suffering, but was finally raised to 
comfortable health, and is yet alive. 

The society resumed the work of finishing the house in 
1791, for which they laid a tax of one penny half penny. 
The work was accomplished, and the house was put into 
good order; but was greatly damaged by a dreadful torna- 
do, Oct. 8th, 1797, between 6 and 7 o'clock on the evening 
of the Lord's day. The repairs of the house cost the socie- 
ty about one thousand dollars. 

Mr. Street having a large family, and a small salary, and 
having gone through the distresses of the war on a depre- 
ciated currency; in 1787, petitioned the society for relief. 
After some debate about it, twenty pounds, by vote, were 
added to his salary. With this grant a few men were ex- 
tremely displeased, and some having been displeased on 
some other account, they united with a few Episcopalians 
then in the town, and formed an Episcopal society. The 
following document will exhibit the date and form of that 
transaction : — 

"East-Haven, 31st March, 1788. At a meeting of the 
Episcopal Society of the Church of England, so called, le- 
gally warned, at the house of Mr. Samuel Tuttle, in said 
East-Haven, at 2 o'clock P. M. on Monday, 3 1st March, 

7 



70 Schools and Education* 

1788 ; the subscribers, members of said Church or Society, 
under the kind patronage of the Rev. Bela Hubbard, Rector 
of Trinity Church, of New-Haven, being present, who wil- 
lingly and cheerfully accepted us under his care and pa- 
tronage, proceeded to the usual and necessary business of 
choosing the needful and customary parish officers in said 
Society of East-Haven. Accordingly, voted John Bird to 
be Clerk of said Society ; and being duly sworn, upon the 
oath of fidelity and oath of office, according to law — also 
voted, Capt. Samuel Barnes, Moderator, John Bird, Clerk, 
Samuel Tuttle, James Pardee, Church Wardens; — Jehiel 
Forbes, Capt. Samuel Barnes, Samuel Thompson, Capt. 
Stephen Thompson, Jun. Ichabod Bishop, Vestrymen. At 
the same time voted for five Vestrymen, but that only three 
shall be a quorum, with full power and authority, as the 
five by vote elected." 

" Let this certify all whom it may concern, that I was 
present at the above-mentioned meeting, and that the above- 
mentioned persons were approved of in their several res- 
pective offices to which they were appointed. 

Witness my hand, 31st day of March, 1788. 

BELA HUBBARD, 
Rector of Trinity Church, New- Haven." 

The next year they erected their Church house; at the 
raising of which, through some injudicious management, 
the frame fell, and killed Jeremiah Bradley, and several 
others were much injured. 

The Rev. Mr. Street died 8th Oct. 1806, in the 77th year 
of his age, having just completed the 51st year of his Min- 
istry. He and Mr. Heminway served the Congregation 
101 years. 



CHAP. VI. 

SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION. 



THERE is no account of Schools on record, until the 
beginning of the last century. Their deficiency, in regard 
to even a common education, was very great. Some of their 
public men, — men who sustained various offices and ap- 
pointments of trust, were unable to write their names. — 
Their mark is made at the bottom of several instruments on 



Schools and Education, 71 

record. Experience taught them the necessity of paying 
more attention to the education of their children. 

13th Jan. 1707, a Committee was appointed at a Village 
meeting, " to see after the schools, and agree with a man to 
keep school in East-Haven, to teach children to read and 
write." The Committee accordingly agreed with Mr. He- 
minwav to take charge of the school. 

In 1728 the Village was divided into four Districts, and 
the public money into as man}' parts, according to the num- 
ber of children over 5 and under 15 years of age. The 
next year they agreed to employ a school-master, as near 
the middle of the village as was convenient. Some part of 
the time at South-end, and some part at Foxon's, according 
to the number of children from 8 to 18 years of age. In 
1732, it was iixed between 6 and 16 — At that time Foxon 
district included all the families north of the Bloomary 
brook, and a line running west to Clay pit brook. A school 
was begun in Dragon district, 1730. 

The first school-house was on the " Green, or Market 
place." And afterwards east of the present meeting-house. 
One stood on the hill near Matthew Moulthrop's house, 
west of Foxon: and in 1767, one was built a little north of 
Bloomary brook. 

In 1742 the school-money was divided thus : Two thirds 
for the schools below the Bloomary brook, and one third 
north of that line, and so west, over to Nanny CapePs 
brook. Foxon district was then very thrifty and populous, 
but has since declined in wealth and population. 

In 1743, " It was voted that the Southend children shall 
have their proportion of the school money, from the age of 4 
to 18." In 1769, the Village was divided into six school 
districts. The public school money was derived from the 
sale of the public lands in Litchfield County. 

Though the people of this town have been favoured for 
more than a century with a College at their door, they have 
not availed themselves of that advantage, to give their sons 
a public education. Only six have enjoyed that privilege — 
viz: Jacob Heminway, graduated 1704 



Thomas Goodsell, 


in 


1724 


John Goodsell, 


in 


1724 


J a red Potter, 


in 


1760 


Asahel Morris, 


in 


1789 


Amos Pardee, 


in 


1793 



Agreeable to the new law respecting the school fund of 



In 1820 


1821 


1822 


1823 


166 


165 


160 


165 


S3 


36 


35 


44 


54 


54 


61 


47 


68 


74 


78 


79 


55 


56 


58 


53 



72 Population — Property and Taxes* 

this State, a census of the children between the ages of 4 
and 16 has been taken every year in the month of August, 
and is as follows : 

Middle District, 
Southend Do* 
West Do. 
Dragon Do. 
Foxon Do. 

Total, 376 393 392 388 

A few years since, a Library Company was formed, and 
gathered about 75 or 80 volumes ; but for seven years past 
no regard has been paid to it, by the appointment of the pro- 
per officers. Several attempts have been made to obtain a 
meeting of the company, but have failed ! 

— ^*©^— 

CHAPTER VII. 

Population — Taxable Property and Taxes. 

THE only data on. which we can ascertain the population 
of East-Haven, for about one hundred and fifty years after 
its first settlement, is the scale bv which the division of 
land was made ; and this, so far as it goes, may be consid- 
ered generally accurate. 

In 1683, there were 20 families within the bounds of the 
Village, and 121 polls, which is six to a family, and one o- 
ver. besides these, there were five unmarried men, and 
one widow, which makes the population of that year 127. 

In 1702, there were 32 families, and 192 polls, which 
gives the proportion of six to a family ; besides eight un- 
married persons who drew lots for themselves ; — whole 
number 200 : which makes an increase of 73 in 19 years. 

In 1709, there were 33 families, and 200 polls, exclusive 
of 10 single persons who drew lots for themselves ; — making 
210. Beside these there were five families at Southend, 
who did not at this time draw lots of land. If we allow six 
to a family for them, the population will be 240. There 
were a few tenants and servants who are not included in 
this number ; and with that addition, the population might 
amount to 270 persons. 



Population — Property and Taxes. 73 

In 1754, there were 61 freemen. Some of these were 
old men, and had small families ; and doubtless there were 
some men who had families, and who were not freemen.— 
If we reckon the number of families at 70, and allow six 
persons to a family, the souls will be 420. The population 
in 1754 did not, probably, exceed 500 souls; for in the 
years 1736, '42, '43, 73 children died, and 29 adult per- 
sons, some of whom were heads of young families. 

In 1769, there were 64 voters in a society meeting, res- 
pecting the place where the new Meeting- House should 
stand. On that occasion, doubtless nearly all the voters in 
the society attended. 

The regular census of the United States affords an accu- 
rate view of the population of the town at four equi-distant 
periods. The official returns stand thus : 



1790, 1025 persons. 
1800, 1004 



1810, 1209 persons. 
1820, 1237 



There are at this time, 1824, about 200 families in the 
town, which, according to the census of 1820, contain upon 
an average more than six to a family. 

Taxes. — The amount of the Grand List in East-Haven, 
In 1683, was £1794 00 00 
1702, 2550 00 00 

1709, 2397 00 00 

The valuation amount of property for the United States 
direct tax, in 1815, was §351,225 : property in other towns, 
$2426. 1504 dollars were deducted. The amount of tax 
was SI 006 22. In 1816, the amount of valuation was 
8375,703: Property of non-residents deducted, §22,918: 
leaving §353,785. The tax on this sum was 133£ mills pr. 
cent, which raised §470 95. 

The state of property will further appear, from the annex- 
ed list for the year 1785, when East-Haven became a Town : 
140 Polls between 21 and 70, £2520 00 

38 Polls between 16 and 21, 342 00 

581 Cattle above two years old, 1172 00 

97 Horses do. 284 00 

5809 Acres of Land, 1331 00 

12 Tons Shipping, 9 00 

3 Chaises, 11 00 

8 Watches, 12 00 

7 Clocks, 9 00 

247 Smokes, 1 17 15 

Assessments, 217 00 

[7*1 —£6025 15 



74 



Population — Property and Taxes, 



In 1790, the List was $19,922 58 

In 1795, 21,106 20 

In 180 r >, 21,946 21 

In 1818, 21,747 32 

Under the new Assessment law of 1819, the list stood 
thus : 



185 Houses, 
7993 acres of land, 
88 horses, 
584 cattle, 
3 mills, 
1 store, 
19 carriages, 
55 clocks, 
7 watches, 
Bank Stock, 
Money loaned, 
Assessment, 
119 Polls, 



$103,310 

223,178 

2,847 

11,460 

3,200 

100 

605 

229 

65 

4,500 

3,828 

210 

4,760 



2perct. 

3 

8 

6 

3 



at 

at 

at 

at 

at 

at 3 

at 40 

at 50 

at 50 

at 6 

at 6 

at 

at §40 each 



$2066 20 
6695 34 
227 76 
687 60 
96 
30 
242 
114 50 
32 50 
270 

229 68 
210 
, 4,760 





$358,292 




$15,661 58 




1822. 






186 Houses, 


$102,776 


at 2 per 


ct. $2055 32 


8392 acres of land, 


213,770 


at 3 


6413 10 


82 horses, 


3,013 


at 10 


301 30 


749 cattle, 


11,002 


at 6 


660 12 


1 store, 


300 


at 3 


9 


3 mills, 


2,700 


at 3 


81 


7 chaises, 


245 


at 25 


61 25 


3 waggons, 


120 


at 15 


18 


62 clocks and watches 


251 


at 50 


. 125 50 


Bank Stock, 


6,200 


at 6 


372 


Money loaned, 


2,590 


at 6 


155 40 


139 Polls, 


4,170 


at 30 


4170 


Assessments, 


220 




220 



$347,347 $14,641 99 

The Town has, for several years, voted from 3 to 3 i 
tents tax to defray the current expenses of the Town — and 
from 1 to 2 cents for the repair of the roads. 



Losses by War. 7 S 

CHAP. VIII. 

Losses by War. 

IN the French war of 1755, a number of men were 
drafted from East-Haven for the English army near the 
Lakes, and the greater part of them were lost bj sickness and 
battle. Of these I have obtained the following names, viz. 
Jacob Moulthrop, David Moulthrop, Adonijah Moulthrop, 
Jacob Robinson, Benjamin Robinson, Thomas Robinson, 
jun. David Potter, John Mallory, Abraham Jocelin, Samuel 
Hotchkiss, James Smith, Samuel Russel and Stephen 
Russel, brothers, and Asa Luddington. Benjamin Russel 
was captured at sea. 

In the war of Independence, which began 19th April, 1775, 
the following persons were lost. — In 1776, Elijah Smith 
was killed in battle upon Long-Island ; Thomas Smith 
conducted a fire ship to the enemy, but was badly burnt, 
and the attending boat having left him too soon, he had to 
swim ashore, where he was found three days after, in a 
helpless state ; he was brought over to Rye, and there he 
died. — Nathan Andrews died a prisoner. In 1777, Isaac 
Potter perished in the prison-ship* The 5th July, 1779, 
Isaac Pardee was killed on Grave or Fort hill, by a cannon 
shot. In October, on board a privateer, Zabulon Bradley 
was killed ; Richard Paul, Jacob Pardee, jun. Asa Bradley, 
Abijali Bradley, and Elijah Bradley, were made prisoners, 
and all, except the last, perished in the prison ship at New- 
York, the following winter. In 1780, Medad Slaughter 
died in the prison-ship. In 1781, John Howe was killed 
by the Tories when they surprised Fort Hale. John Wal- 
ker was killed upon Long-Island. 

Thus twelve young men were lost ; and several men re- 
turned from captivity so injured by hard usage, that they 
pined away and died, particularly Edward Goodsell, Isaac 
Luddington and Jared Heminway. 

On the 4th July, 1779, the enemy intending to capture 
New-Haven, landed a covering force on Morris' Neck and 
Southend, and marched directly to Tuttle's hill, where they 
encamped that night, and the next day re-embarked. They 
were led by the Tories. In this invasion they burnt most 
of the buildings within their reach, and made the rebel Whigs 
feel the effects of Royal British vengeance. 

To meet these losses, and those of other Towns of a similar 



76 Natural History, fyc. 

nature, in May, 1792, the General Assembly of Connecti- 
cut passed an act appropriating " 500,000 acres of land 
west of Pennsylvania, for the relief of the sufferers by fire." 
The damage in each Town was assessed, and the amount of 
each person's loss in East-Haven was as follows : 

Amos Morris, £1235 15 4 

John Woodward, 

John Woodward, jun. 

Elam Luddington, 

Joseph Tuttle, 

Jacob and Abijah Pardee, 

Jehiel Forbes, 

Mary Pardee, 

Mary and Lydia Pardee, 

Noah Tucker, 

£4154 9 5 
Equal to 813,848 24. 
They burnt eleven dwelling houses, nine barns and some 
other out buildings. Gurdon Bradley lost £66 00 00 in a 
sloop that was burnt. The enemy and the militia plundered 
the inhabitants of all they could carry off. The whole of 
this loss was collected by the Commissioners appointed for 
this purpose, and the amount was £421 1 4. The entire 
loss of East-Haven by this invasion, in property, was $15,- 
251 79. 



838 


17 


3 


740 


19 


11 


408 


6 


7 


79 


9 


5 


402 


8 


2 


173 


13 


1 


134 


14 





40 


8 


4 


99 


17 


4 



CHAP. IX. 

Natural History — Tornado and Curiosities. 

THE Town of East-Haven contains about nine thousand 
acres of land. The soil is generally light and sandy ; but 
capable of yielding good crops when properly cultivated. It 
is congenial to Indian Corn and Barley. In favourable 
seasons, potatoes do well. In some parts of the Town 
Rye succeeds, but is very subject to blast and rust. By 
good husbandry the lands may be made more productive ; 
though unhappily there is very little good pasturage in the 
Town. There is very little clay, and some parts of the 
Town are encumbered and disfigured with rocks and ragged 
barren hills. 



Natural History, 4*c 77 

Aboutthe first Spring, or the head of Bloomary Brook, and 
the head of Clay-pit Brook, and along the intervale of Sto- 
ney River, good brick clay may be obtained. Some of the 
best land lies in the Fresh Meadows and Cove Swamp, which 
are now uncultivated and unproductive. Were those low 
lands drained, as they probably will be at some future pe- 
riod, they would be the most productive lands in the Town. 

Along the sea-shore, there is a range of Granite rock of 
the purest kind, but it is not found in any other part of the 
Town. The Pond Rock and the ridge west of it are Green 
or A\ hinstone. The same kind of Rock appears in detach- 
ed eminences and ridges, in some other parts of the Town. 
Sand-stone of the secondary formation, commences on the 
Indian land north-east from the Cove, and running north, 
spreads through Dragon woods, and terminates on the Da- 
venport farm. Another mass lies on the east side of the 
Fresh Meadows, and runs in a north-east direction to the 
north line of the town, on the half mile. The Green-stone, 
generally, on the surface, is in such a state of fracture, as to 
be nearly useless, except the smaller fragments, which make 
excellent gravel for roads. In some places the sand stone 
is in a state of decomposition. In the ridge north of Mul- 
len Hill, Agates are found in abundance. 

The plains appear to be composed of sand, coarse and fine, 
washed from the lands and vallies on the north, and accu 
mulating gradually by some powerful operating cause. The 
salt marshes are founded upon a bottom of sand like that of 
the plains adjacent. 

The Town is well supplied with water of an excellent 
quality. There are numerous Springs and some fine Rivu- 
lets ; while Stoney River and the Furnace Pond afford an 
inexhaustible supply of water of the best kind. 

The Pond is about three miles long, and from one hundred 
yards to three hundred broad, and very deep. 

The fisheries in the waters of East-Haven are excellent 
and valuable. In Quinipiack River, oysters are taken in 
vast quantities, and those of a superior quality are taken 
in the Cove and Stoney River. 

Clams, black and white fish, abound in their season. 
White fish are used, in vast quantities, for manure. 

The trade in oysters is carried to a great extent. From 
sixty to an hundred thousand bushels, are annually import- 
ed. These are opened, put up into small kegs, and dispers- 
ed all over the northern and western country, quite into 



78 Tornado— -1797. 

Canada. The amount of sales for this Town and vicinity is 
estimated at twenty-five thousand dollars during the fall and 
winter season. And it sometimes probably exceeds that 
sum. 

A considerable number of the men are employed in the 
coasting, packet, and oyster trade. But this town has suf- 
fered exceedingl v by the loss of active men at sea. Farming 
business occupies the attention of the principal part of the 
male population. 

On the 8th October, 1797, great damage was done by a 
Tornado, which passed over the centre of the Town. The 
same week, the following account of it was published in a 
New -Haven paper. 

" On Sunday evening last, between six and seven o'clock, 
we experienced a violent gale of wind from the westward, 
attended with heavy rain and thunder. The damage done 
in this town was not great, compared with that done at East- 
Haven and Branford. 

"The roofs of some buildings were injured, the tops of 
chimneys blown off, and windows blown in, some trees and 
fences blown down, and a bain in the New Township re- 
moved from its foundation. At East-Haven the steeple of 
the meeting-house was blown down, which falling on the 
roof, broke through the side, where it fell, leaving only one 
rafter standing, and penetrating the floor, greatly damaged 
the seats. A large new house was removed from its foun- 
dation ; several dwelling houses were partly and others en- 
tirely unroofed. A number of barns met the same fate. Three 
large barns were entirely demolished : the materials of 
which they were built were scattered in every direction. 
The town of Branford experienced nearly the same fate. 
Part of the roof of the meeting-house was blown off, and all 
the windows on the western side destroyed ; six or seven 
houses, a new store and several barns, unroofed, other barns 
blown down, the trees in several fine orchards laid pros- 
trate. The height of the tornado continued but a few min- 
utes. We have not learnt all the particulars of this disas- 
trous gale, nor how far the storm extended." 

The same Tornado is described in Dwight's Travels, with 
the addition of several particulars to the above account. 

4 On Lord's day, October 8, 1797, in the afternoon, a 
Tornado, the commencement of which, so far as I was able 
to learn, was at Upper Salem in the County of Westches- 
ter and State of New-York, passed over Ridgefield, in Con- 



Salt Storm— 1821, 7% 

necticut, and thence over Redding, Newtown, Huntington, 
Derby, Woodbridge, New-Haven, East-Haven, Branford, 
Guilford, and Killingworth ; whence it directed its course 
over the Sound. At times it rose from the earth, and held 
its most furious career in a higher region of the atmosphere. 
Such was the fact at New-Haven, where, although its force 
was great, it did not blow with sufficient strength to do any 
material damage. At Upper Salem, it destroyed orchards, 
groves, and buildings. At East-Haven it blew down the 
steeple of the Presbyterian Church, and ruined several 
other buildings. It left many marks of its violence also at 
Branford, and some other places ; while in others it did lit- 
tle or no mischief. This alternate rise and fall of a Torna- 
do, I have not seen mentioned ; nor do I remember a storm 
of this kind, at so late a season, in any other instance." 

Another violent gale, called by some the Salt Storm, oc- 
curred on the 3d Sept. 1821. Light showers passed in the 
morning ; it was somewhat misty through the day, with a 
light rain about 5 o'clock P. M. the wind rising about that 
hour, it having been all day about south and south-east. — 
At 6 o'clock it became a gale, still increasing and blowing 
with dreadful violence until 11 o'clock, when it broke, and 
a calm succeeded. In this town very little rain fell ; but 
in the region about New-York, a vast quantity poured down. 
The sand and gravel, however, were scooped from the earth 
and dashed against every opposing object. A salt spray 
covered every thing within its reach, and mingling with the 
dirt then afloat, rendered the glass windows quite opaque, 
and formed a coat so firm, that it was not easily washed off. 

The morning light disclosed a scene of mournful devasta- 
tion, among the vegetable kingdom. Trees of every kind 
were stripped of their foliage, and also of their fruit. The 
small limbs upon the windward side were killed, and still 
exhibit the deadly properties of the storm ; and along the 
coast the fruit trees are rendered barren. Many small 
trees were destroyed. The shrubbery and the vegetation 
of the garden and the field, appeared as is common after a 
severe and early frost. The atmosphere was loaded with a 
very nauseous fetor. The buckwheat was completely des- 
troyed ; the corn lay prostrate, the leaves of which were 
whipped into small strings. The weather afterwards being 
very warm, the trees and living shrubbery put forth new 
leaves, and the fruit trees and the lilac were adorned with 
flowers. 



80 Curiosities. 

The deadly effects of the salt on vegetation might be 
traced twelve or fifteen miles inland ; but gradually dimin- 
ishing according, to the distance from the shore. It having 
been a very dry season in this town, and the ground being 
very hard, but few trees were overturned, compared with 
what took place a few miles north, where the ground was 
softer, and there great havoc was made among the tall tim- 
ber. 

A singular phenomenon of frequent occurrence is noticea- 
ble in this town, respecting the motion of thunder clouds 
proceeding from the west. The cloud advances over the 
harbour, a;id approaches Fort Hill, presenting a great, and 
in a dry season, a hopeful appearance of a refreshing rain. 
But presently it breaks, and then separates to the right and 
left; one part passing to the north of the village, and the 
other part passing down the harbour and across the south - 
end of the town, pours down its refreshing streams upon the 
Sound. And sometimes no rain at all falls upon the plains 
east of the hill, and at other times only a sprinkling from 
the skirts of the cloud. Whether the hill possesses a repul- 
sive, or the water an attractive quality, that operates upon 
the cloud, is a question left to the wisdom of the reader to 
solve. 

The town affords a few curiosities. On an island in Sto- 
ney River, there is a regular cavity cut into the Granite 
Rock, and called the Indian Well. It is from twenty-six 
to" thirty -three inches diameter, and very smooth, especially 
the bottom of it. It is now about five feet in depth, but for- 
merly it was deeper. When the dam below was built, some 
part of the rock was removed, and much injured its natural 
appearance. The water on both sides of the island passes 
through a narrow channel of Granite Rock. I have seen 
similar excavations in the beds of the Mohawk River below 
the Cohoes falls, which were evidently formed by sand and 
pebbles, set into action by the rotatory motion of the water. 
Such cavities are common near the falls of Rivers. The In- 
dian well was, doubtless, produced by the attrition of the 
sand and pebbles which passed over this rock, it being then 
in or near the bed of the River. The bottom of the River 
was then from eight to twelve feet above the present high 
water mark, the valley on the north being once a considera- 
ble lake, and connected with the Furnace pond. A great 
change has evidently passed over the land and marsh in that 
vicinity. Stumps and the fragments of trees lie in the bed 



Indian Burying Place. 81 

and banks of the River. The marsh has but a small depth, 
and lies on abed of sand. Some fragments of Indian man- 
ufecture, and other articles, have been thrown up in ditch- 
ing the marsh. 

On the land of William Woodward, and a few rods west 
of his barn, is a rock of Greenstone, resting in a few places, 
over a cavity, upon a ridge of Sandstone. The under side 
of the rock is very smooth. Its mean height is about five 
feet and a half, and its length and breadth is about eight 
feet. The top of it is flat. There is no other rock of the 
kind in that neighborhood. Is this rock of Celtic origin ? — 
Its size and peculiar position resembles that of other rocks 
in this country which have been the subjects of scientific 
speculation. 

Another rock, of Sandstone, somewhat similar to the oth- 
er, not so high, but having a longer table, is on a hill of 
considerable elevation, west of Bridge Svvamp. It origin- 
ally rested on the apex, like an inverted cone, but now re- 
clines towards the South. From this situation there is a 
charming view of the Sound and the surrounding country. 

The great burying place of the Indian Tribes in this 
Town and vicinity, is on the north end of the hill on which 
the Fort stands, which, anciently, in allusion to this place, 
was called Grave Hill. Some of the graves have been lev- 
elled by the plow, but many of them are yet visible. In 
the year 182-2, I examined three of these graves. At the 
depth of about three feet and a half the sand stone appears, 
on which the bodies were laid, without any appearance of a 
wrapper or enclosure. They all lay in the direction of 
south-west and north-east — the head towards the west. Of 
two of them, the arms lay by the side; the other had the 
arms across the body, after the manner of the white people. 
The large bones and teeth were in a sound state. The thigh 
bones of one measured 19 inches in length, the leg bone 18, 
and the arm from the elbow to the shoulder 13. By mea- 
suring the skeleton as it lay; it was concluded to be that of 
a man of six and a half feet high. No article of any des- 
cription appeared with the bones. It is said, that about 50 
or 60 years ago some of these graves were opened, and a 
number of Indian implements, of the kitchen and of war, 
were found in them. Few Indians have been buried there 
within a century past. 

The Indians had a Fort on the hill in the burying ground, 
and from that circumstance it was called Fort Hill. It is 

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Sg Interesting Incident. 

also a tradition that they had another on the hill north oi 
Daniel Hughes' house, and near the old ferry road. The 
appearance of shells shows that they had a village on that 
spot. The same indications appear in the woods of South- 
end Neck, west of the sluice. Great quantities of oyster shells 
are collected ainong the rocks and in the little vailies, and 
on the banks of the River, showing the places where their 
weekwams stood. 
tf It was stated in the first chapter of this history that Tho- 
mas Gregson, who settled at Solitary Cove, ami several oth- 
ers, on a voyage to England, were lost at sea. That aftair 
is noticed by Dr. Mather, in his Magnalia, with an account 
of the apparition of a ship, contained in a letter to him from 
the Rev. James Pierpont, Pastor of the Church at New-Ha- 
ven, successor to Mr. Street, and who was settled there 2d 
July, 1635. As the loss of Mr. Gregson was a calamity to 
the early settlement of East-Haven, I conclude that this 
account may be introduced into this work with propriety. 
it is a singular affair, and will be amusing to most of the 
readers. I insert it without any comment, leaving every 
reader to make what speculations he pleases concerning it. 

"Behold, a fourth colony of New-English Christians, in 
a manner stolen into the world, and a colony, indeed, con- 
stellated with many stars of theirs/ magnitude. The colo- 
ny was under the conduct of as holy, and as prudent and as 
genteel men, as most that ever visited these nooks of Ame- 
rica: and yet these too were tried with very humbling cir- 
cumstances, 

"Being Londoners, or merchants and men of traffic and 
business, their design was in a manner wholly to apply 
themselves unto trade; but the design failing, they found 
their great estates sink so fast, that they must quickly do 
something. Whereupon, in the year, 1646, gathering to- 
gether almost all the strength winch was left them, they 
built one ship more, which they freighted for England, with 
the best part of their tradeabie estates: and sundry of their 
eminent persons embarked themselves in her for the voyage. 
But, alas, tSie ship was never after heard of! — She founder- 
ed at sea; and in her were lost, not only the hopes of their 
future trade, but also the lives of several excellent persons, 
as well as divers manuscripts of some great men in the 
country, sent over for the service of the Church, which were 
now buried in the ocean. The fuller story of that grievous 
matter, let the reader with a just astonishment accept from 



Interesting Incident. SI 



"o 



the pen of the Reverend person, who is now the Pastor of 
Neiv- Haven. I wrote unto him for it, and was thus an- 
swered. 
" Reverend and Dear Sir — 

" In compliance with your desires, I now give you the 
relation of that apparition of a ship in the air, which I have 
received from the most credible, judicious, and curious sur- 
viving observers of it. 

"In the year 1647, besides much other lading, a far more 
rich treasure of passengers (five or six of which were per- 
sons of chief note and worth in New-Haven,) put themselves 
on board a new ship, built at Rhode-Island, of about 150 
tons; but so watty, [crank,] that the master (Lamberton) 
often said she would prove their grave. In the month ol 
January, cutting their way through much ice, on which they 
were accompanied with the Rev. Mr. Davenport, besides 
many other friends, with many fears, as well as prayers and 
tears, they set sail. Mr. Davenport, in prayer, with an ob- 
servable emphasis, used these words, Lord, if it be thy 
pleasure to bury these dear friends in the bottom of the sea, 
they are thine, save them I" The spring following, no tid- 
ings of these friends arrived with the ships from England ; 
New-Haven's heart began to fail her; this put the godly 
people on much prayer, both public and private, that the 
Lord would (if it was his pleasure) let them hear what he 
had done with their our friends,, and prepare them with a 
suitable submission to his Holy Will. In June next ensu- 
ing, a great thunder stonn arose out of the north-west ; af- 
ter which, (the hemisphere being serene) about an hour be- 
fore sun-set, a SHIP, of like dimensions with the aforesaid, 
with her canvass and colours abroad, (though the wind nor- 
therly,) appeared in the air, corning up from our harbour's 
mouth, which lyes southward of the Towne, seemingly with 
her sails filled under a fresh gale, holding her course north, 
and continuing under observation, sailing against the wind, 
for the space of half an hour. 

" Many were drawn to behold this great work of God ; 
yea, the very children cryed out, There's a brave ship ! — 
At length, crouding up as far as there is usually water suffi- 
cient for such a vessel, and so near some of the spectators 
as that thev imagined a man might hurl a stone on board 
her, her main top seemed to be blown oif, but left hanging 
in the shrouds; then her missentop ; then all her masting 
seemed blown away by the board; quickly after the hulk 



84 Roads and Public Lands. 

brought unto a careen, she overset, and so vanished into a 
smoaky cloud, which in some time dissipated, leaving, as 
every where else, a clear air. The admiring spectators 
could distinguish the several colours of each part, the prin- 
cipal rigging, and such proportions, as caused not only the 
generality of persons to say, This was the mould of their 
ship, and thus was her tragic end; but Mr. Davenport also 
in public declared to this effect, That God had condescend- 
ed, for the quieting of their afflicted spirits, this extraordi- 
nary account of his sovereign disposal of those for whom so 
many fervent prayers were made continually. 
Thus I am, Sir, Your humble servant, 

JAMES PIERPONT." 



CHAP. X. 

Roads and Public Lands. 

WHEN Thomas Morris, in 1671, bought the little Neck, 
a four rod road was reserved, in his deed, " from the Cove 
to Fowler's Creek, in the way to Southend." 

In 1673, the Southend men and George Pardee, paid the 
Indian George, Sagamore, twelve shillings for a road of one 
rod from the Cove to the country road. 

In 1692, " On Motion made by the Southend men in 
reference to the highway through the Indian land, it was 
voted, that Thomas Trowbridge, sergt. Winstone, John 
Potter and sergt. Cooper, or any three of them, be a Com- 
mittee to state out and settle the way formerly used, as 
described by the Town's former order. And they are to in- 
form themselves by such as know how the way went in 
limes past, or ought to go, and make return to the Town of 
what they do ; also that they treat with the Indians, to set- 
tle matters lovingly with them." This vote was executed 
as follows : 

"New-Haven, 10th June, 1692. 

" Whereas there was a former agreement between New- 
Haven Towne and the Indians, for a highway through the 
Indian field to George Pardee's land, yet for peace sake 
with the Inhabitants of Southend, and George Pardee have 
given to George the Sagamore, twelve shil lings in money, 
tor which, I the underwritten do rati fv and confirm the same. 






Roads and Public Lands. 85 

and do grant the same highway to be on record, beginning 
at the dirty Swamp by the Iron worke path, which was Mr. 
Gregson's land, for which I do further engage that there 
shall be but two pare of bans or gates throughout my land 
to George Pardee's, which I the, foresaid Sagamore George 
will make and maintaine forever, and do further engage 
myself, my heirs, to secure the same highway to them, their 
heirs and assigns forever from me, my assigns, or any from 
or under me. As witness my hand and seal — dated as 
above. 

his 
INDIAN X GEORGE. 
mark. 
Testors — Um b e s a , 

HASOxMAUG, 

John Potter, 
John Cooper." 

In December, 1727, " It was voted that the two rod high 
way laid out through the new Indian field on the east side, 
and running through the same, and established by the Com- 
mittee to dispose of said land, one rod whereof was pur- 
chased by the Southend people of the Indians, be and re- 
main an highway forever." — [Pro. Records.'] 

27th December, 1686. " And the road or way to the 
Ferry through the Neck to continue where it now is, and 
from the Ferry on the East side, the way to be continued 
where it. is, four rods wide to Stoney River, and the end 
of our bounds Branfordward." — [Pro. Record.'] 

" And the Highway to be continued where it was, and 
that is from Old Ferry Point at the place called the Stables, 
four rods wide. And from the way that leadeth to Stoney 
River Farmes the highway to be continued where or near 
where it is as may be, leading to the sea at Solitary Cove, 
lying between the sea and the proprietors there, and so to 
so on where it doth over the little or Morris' Neck unto 
Southend Farmes." 

" And also a road or highway from Stoney River Farmes 
to the Bogmine plaine, where it is, or lately was, when 
Bogmine was carted to the Iron workes, and from the said 
Bogmine plain, onwards upon the plaines, near where it 
iieth to the end of our Town Bounds towards Wallingford." 
" Also a highway from the last mentioned highway begin- 
ning at the Southernmost run of water tiiat runs into Mr. 
Davenport's Cove, to be continued unto the River near the 

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86 Roads and Public Lands. 

Ferry below Dragon point, and upon the bank by the River 
side, between the lots that are or may be." 

" And also a highway at first laid out from Stoney River 
home lots and houses, of a good breadth, to be continued 
between the fields or lots and the meadows or swamp leading 
to Solitary Cove ; not to be encroached upon. The above 
ordered to be recorded." — [Pro. Record.'] 

" Here followeth the record of the highway in the third 
division according as the Sizers and Surveyor gave a des- 
cription of them in writing. 

" Also upon the east side of the East River a highway is 
allowed from the bridge on the East River to the commons 
in Widow Howe's lot." 

" Also a highway at the rear of those lots that come up 
unto Branford line that was, beginning at Hercules' mead- 
ow, to run into Wharton's brook." 

" Also a highway at the W r est end of those lots that come 
to Branford line that was, and is a division of lots that are 
on Hercules' plaine." 

" All which ways are allowed four rods wide, only that 
in Widow Howe's lot from the bridge is six rods wide. Al- 
so those highways are to be where the ground will allow, and 
not to be compelled to run strait. Also a high-way allow- 
ed to run from the bridge on the East River, by the River to 
Joseph Ford's land. And one highway from the Bogmine 
Wharife up to the Country road." — \_Pro. Record.'] 
Roads on and near the Pond Rock. 

" 23d March, 1715 — The Pond Rock shall be laid out to 
the Proprietors which carried on the building of the Minis- 
ter's house, and a highway to be laid out on the top of said 
Rock as shall be most convenient for that use, from the hi- 
ther end, so to the end of our bounds, three rods wide. 
And there shall be a sufficient highway left between the said 
llock and the River lots, so called, for the use of the Pro- 
prietors of the Rock and the River lots." — [E. H. Rec] 

« East-Haven, 18th April, 1710. We William Lud- 
dington, John Russel and Caleb Chedsey the Selectmen, 
considering ihe necessity of stating highways, do order, that 
the way between John Heminway's and John Miles', their 
home lot,shall be four rods wide, and along the like breadth, 
until you come to the Pumpkin lot. And so from the South- 
east Corner of Joseph Tuttle's land on the one side and the 
Pumpkin lot on the other side, four rods wide untill you 
come to sergt. John Moulthrop's land, commonly called 



Roads and Public Lands. 67 

plains lot, on the northeast side, and a like breadth between 
the forementioned plains lot and John Luddington's lot and 
John Auger's land on the south west side, and so to contin- 
ue as the road now is, untill you come to the Indian field." 
" As also a highway from the northwest corner of Mr. 
Thomas Goodsell's home lot on the one side, and on the 
northeast corner of Samuel Russel's land on the other side, 
four rods wide while you come to the South corner of Sam- 
uel Goodsell's land, and then all the undivided land be- 
tween Samuel Goodsell's and John Howe's land, and so a- 
long untill you come to the east side of John Heminway's 
land, and from thence as that land runs untill you come to 
that land laid out for parsonage land, and from thence turn 
to the west between said parsonage and aforesaid Hemin- 
way's land untill you come to the Indian land, and from 
thence southward till you come to George Pardee's land. 

" As also a highway beginning at the Northeast corner of 
Lieut. John Russel's home lot, four rods wide between said 
home lot and other land of said Russel's, on the north side 
of it, and turning to the north-west, untill you come to the 
said Russel's pasture. Samuel Russel's being on the south- 
west side of said highway, and from said pasture foremen- 
tioned, turning southward and south-west along the undi- 
vided land untill you come to the country road. — \_E. H. 
Record.'] 

" 20th December, 1710, Caleb Chedsey and Samuel 
Russel and Samuel Thompson, Selectmen, added as fol- 
lows. As also from Matthew Mouithrop's home lot West- 
ward of the River lots until you come to John Dawson's 
home lot of four rods wide." 

" As also from Hall's Cartway on the west side of the 
bridge swamp to the country road four rods wide, between 
land of John and Abraham Heminway and land of John 
Howe's on the west, and land belonging to Daniel Collins 
and Samuel Goodsell's on the East." 

" As also a highway of two rods wide on the west side of 
Mouithrop's plains lot, the whole length of said lot, till it 
comes to the road that leads to Southend." — E. H. Record. 
" December 21, 1724. Voted that there be a continuance 
of a highway from Jonathan's Point through Mr. Daven- 
port's farme and a corner of Capt. Ball's farme to the Coun- 
try read as formerly, with a pare of bars, which such as 
have occasion, shall pass and re-pass, they having so done 
shall shut the said bans." — Pro. Record. 



$8 Roads and Public Lands. 

April, 1726. " Resolved, that a highway be continued 
From the highway already purchased of Mr. Pierpont 
through the half mile to the highway at Hitchcock's lot at 
Muddy River, the said highway to be four rods wide and to 
run as the land will allow to accommodate the same ; 
through a highway from Wallingford line to the Southward, 
at the east end of the third division, till it intersect 
the highway abovementioned." — [Pro. Record."] 

" At a Proprietors' Meeting held in East-Haven, 12th 
May, 1720, Mr. Jacob Heminway petitioned for a part of 
the Green next to the spring where the burying place is. 
.Sergt. John Heminway protested against any part of the 
Green being taken up or disposed of for any other use than 
to lye common as it now lies. Voted that Mr. Heminway 
shall not have any part of the land. — Voted that the Green 
shall not be disposed of except it be for some public use, 
that it may be beneficial to the whole of the Proprietors." — 
[E. H. and N. H. Record.] 

"March 22, 1728. Then laid out a highway beginnin 
at the South-east corner of the Orchard belonging to John 
Shepard, and north-east of the Country road that runs over 
the Bridge Swamp. Said Orchard is near the fresh mead- 
ow, four rods wide ; and by land of Nathaniel Barnes, till 
it comes over Luddington's brook : then up the hill as the 
path runs, four rods wide untill it comes over the Vineyard 
brook ; then up the hill as the path runs, four rods by Na- 
thaniel Barnes' untill it comes to the said Barnes' East 
Corner. Then runs westerly eight rods; then down the 
hill to Isaac Howe's lot. 

THOMAS ALCOCK and > r ., 
JOHN RUSSEL, \ Utm ' 

[_E. H. Record.] 

5th Jan. 17^1. " We set off (between Mr. Davenport's 
and the Ferry to East-Haven) four rods westerly from the 
south-west corner of William Greenough's lot a little above 
the Cove, above the Ferry, run south 18 degrees east, 23 
rods and 3 feet, to a large white oak; thence south 11 de- 
grees and 30 minutes west, 13 rods, to a heap of stones." 

" Then we set off another highway of 3 rods wide, to the 
line of the Indian land, to meet with a highway laid between 
the Ferry field and the said Indian land; then south 28° 
30" east, 15 rods, to a heap of stones on the point of a rock; 
thence east 3° south, 39 rods and 5! feet, to aheap of stones 
four rods west of Peter Woodward's land." 



Roads and Public Lands. 89 

" Then we laid out another highway out of this, west 35° 
south, 19 rods, to Joseph Tuttle's land, of four rods wide. — 
Then we run from the aforesaid heap of stones east 15° 30" 
24 rods, to a heap of stones in a wall, 6| rods from said 
Woodward's land, Then south 43° east, 1 8 rods, to a heap 
of stones on a point of rocks, 4 rods from said Woodward's 
land. Thence east 22° north, 24 rods. Thence east 30^° 
north, 20 rods, to a heap of stones on a rock. Thence south 
21° north, 12 rods. Thence south 34° north, 2U rods, to 
a white oak with stones at the root. Thence north 21° east, 
50 rods, to a heap of stones. Thence north 30° east, 18| 
rods, to a red oak tree with stones at the root. Thence east 
32° north, 23§ rods, to a heap of stones. Thence 40^° east, 
29 rods, to a walnut pole with stones at the root. Thence 
north 34° east, 33 rods, to John Rowe's south-east corner. 
Thence north 30° east, 51 rods, to said Rowe's northeast 
corner. 

"Furthermore, we laid another highway, which comes 
across by and adjoining to the aforesaid highway, beginning 
at the country road which leads from East-Haven to New- 
Haven, where we measured for the highway four rods wide, 
out of the south side or end of Eleazar Brown's land, run- 
ning westward 32 rods, and until we come to the aforesaid 
Rowe's north-east corner, where we measured for highway 
85 rods in breadth, still running westward until we come 
over the swamp, and partly up the hill, to a point of rocks. 
Then beginning at 5£ rods in width, and running southerly, 
continuing so until we come to the top of the hill ; and from 
thence four rods in breadth until we come six rods southerly 
of Matthew Rowe's south-east corner of his Dragon lot; 
and two rods in Eleazar Brown's Dragon lot ; — then turn 
ing westerly, beginning the highway six rods wide, running 
downhill 13 rods, narrowing gradually until said way be 
but four rods wide, so continuing the highway four rods 
wide between the said Rowe's and the said Brown's lot, 
until we come to the top of the hill, from where is the de- 
scent down to the bank of the river, where we set off for 
highway, besides the four rods out of said Brown's land, 
3| rods, and continued to four rods westerly; thence 12 
rods, to a point until the said way be but four rods wide, so 
continuing the highway four rods wide to said bank, between 
said Rowe's and said Brown's land. And for a recompense 
to Eleazar Brown, for what we took from his lot to accom- 
modate the highway, we agreed, and laid out to him a corner 



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90 Roads and Public Lands. 

of land, joining to the south east part of his land at Dragon, 
bounded northerly 11? rods by his own land, westerly S7i 
rods by his land at the south, and 8 rods in breadth, and 
easterly by common or undivided land, being in quantity 
two acres and fifty rods of land. 

JOSEPH MIX, 

CALEB HOTCHKISS, yComJ 

JOHN HITCHCOCK, 

" Proprietors voted acceptance." — [Pro. Record.'] 

"New-Haven, 1731. Then laid out a highway of two 

rods wide for the use of the Town and proprietors of said 

New-Haven, on the east side of the Ferry River, within said 

Town, between the Ferry Farme, so called, and the land 

commonly called Indian land. Said highway running from 

the country road, leading from the Ferry to East-Haven, 

eastwardly, so far as to the eastward line of said Indian 

Sand. ISAAC DICKERMAN,? , r „ 

JOSEPH MIX, '£ Townsmen" 

[Pro. Record.~] 
" At a meeting of the Village of East-Haven, 2d Septem- 
ber, 1707", the Village made choice of Lieut. Russell, Sam- 
uel Thompson, and Thomas Smith, to see upon what terms 
they may agree with persons concerned for a cart highway 
through some of the River lots, and make report at the next 
meeting." 

No report of this Committee appeared at the next meeting, 
nor have I been able to find any proceedings on this subject 
untill 12th January, 1747, on which day the Village meet- 
ing "Voted, that Moses Thompson, Matthew Rowe, and 
Isaac Peniield, be a Committee to clear the highway by 
Isaac Holt's house, and others that needed." 

" A highway, laid out by us, whose names are underwrit- 
ten, meeting with a highway in Branford, laid out to East- 
Haven line, near Caleb Parmerly's land, 4 rods in breadth, 
running westerly, by said Parmerly's land, to a white-oak 
stump, and from thence to a dog-wood stump by said Par- 
merly's land, and from thence to a white-oak stump by 
said Parmerly's land, and from thence to a white-oak tree at 
the corner of Thomas Dawson's land, and from thence to a 
walnut pole in said Dawson's fence, and from thence to a 
white-oak stump near Samuel Russell's corner of his lot, 
and from thence to a white stump and stones, and from 
thence to a Walnut pole with stones, and from thence to a 
heap of stones, as are all the forementioned stations, meet- 



Roads and Public Lands. 91 

ing with the highway that leadeth from Joseph T little's to 
the Pond Rock. March 24th, 1734. 

ALLING BALL, } r „ 
JOHN RUSSELL, \ Com ' ' 
Proprietors confirmed the report. 

" Beginning at the highway next to the Pond Rock and so 
running northward till it comes to or near the hill, north- 
ward of Caleb Chedsey's dwelling-house. Said highway is 

3 rods wide, and is laid out to be 2 rods in width in Parmer- 
ly's land, and one rod in width in Thomas Dawson's land 
till it comes to the River, and 1§ rods in Caleb Parmerly's 
and Caleb Chedsey's land in the half mile, and I5 rods in 
Nathaniel Jocelin's land ; to or near the valley northward of 
said Chedsey's house two rods wide in said Jocelin's land, 
and I3 rods in said Chedsey's land; and from thence turn- 
ing a little eastward through a corner of said Chedsey's and 
Isaac Penfield's land 4 rods wide till it comes to the top of 
the hill, and then turneth westward thro' land of the heirs 
of George Pardee. Thence along said Daw son's land and 
Samuel Russei's on the west, and John Smith's on the east, 
until) it comes to James'' Run, so called, then 4 rods till it 
comes to Bull swamp bridge." 

" Also, another highway beginning a little northward of 
said Chedsey's dwelling house, and so running thro' Foxon's 
as the road now runs, 2i rods wide, till it comes to Joseph 
Grannis' dwelling house ; and from thence 4 rods to Piper's 
brook." [E. H. Records.'] 

28th April 1732. — Laid out a highway from Samuel Brad- 
ley's lot, called Mount Harry, 4 rods from a white oak pole, 
west running south by the widow Chedsey's — thence south 
by Joseph Holt's lot 4 rods — thence by Jonathan Austin's, 
south, 4 rods west — thence southerly to John Rowe's south 
corner, 4 rods wide — east to a heap of stones and black oak 
pole, southerly to Daniel Russei's lot to a white oak stump, 

4 roils to a black oak pole West, then running East by said 
Russei's lot 4 rods south to a white oak pole, running east 
and south by Russei's lot to James Dennison's Northwest cor- 
ner to a Walnut tree, continuing by said Denison's Southeast 
Corner, then running Southwesterly by said Denison's lot to 
his Southwest corner — then running west southwest by 
Joseph Holt, Joseph Tuttle, Samuel Hotchkiss, till it meets 
with the country road that leads to Muddy River, which 
road is 4 rods wide. 

ALLING BALL, \ r „ 
IPro. Record, E. H.~] JOHN RUSSELL, $ Lom ' 



92 Roads and Public Lands. 

Proprietors' meeting. — " It is proper that Samuel Russel 
should have a conveniency to go to his land near Bull swamp, 
and there being a piece of land which Capt Theophilus Ai- 
ling hath in his possession between said Russel's land and the 
highway that is called Bull swamp road, which is common 
land ; and we Joseph Holt, Thomas Alcock and John Thomp- 
son being appointed to lay out a highway across said com- 
mon land from said road, to said Russel's land, and in the 
most convenient place, and is bounded by heaps of stones by 
the road ; the highway we laid out two rods wide, a heap of 
stones each side, and runs Southwesterly to said P.ussel's 
land, containing two rods wide through, and is bounded by 
heap* of stones, each side said highway by Russel's line, the 
bounds were appointed and settled, March, 1733." 

" 13th Feb, 1734. A highway laid out near where Na- 
thaniel Luddington lives, from said Luddington's land 6 
rods wide at the north end, running Southerly by land of 
Daniel Russel's till it meets with the highway; and said 
highway to be 3 rods wide where it meets with the highway 
at the Southeast corner of said Daniel Russel's land." 

\_E. H. Record.'] 

" 28th May, 1739. Joseph Holt and Thomas Alcock be- 
ing called to lay out a highway, (being chosen thereto by the 
proprietors in Eas J Haven,) of 4 rods wide, leading from 
East Haven up by the Bloomary, and running Northerly till 
it comes to a lot belonging to Samuel Bradley's line on the 
north, and stakes and stones south, and extends 4 rods wide 
along by said Bradley's Hue, till it comes to land belonging 
to John Moulthrop.— [E. H. Record*.] 

JOSEPH HOLT, £ „ „ 

THOMAS ALCOCK, \ * u ™eyors. 

"We the Subscribers being appointed to lay out needful 
highways by the Proprietors of East-Haven, and within said 
Parish of East-Haven, and bein£ called to lay out a highway 
from the country road by the west side of the fresh mead- 
ows within said Parish, and said highway extends along the 
said meadow as the path runs, till it comes to land in the 
improvement of Joseph Holt, and then turns up west by said 
Holt's land, and runs round northward till it comes to Pe- 
ter Woodward's lot, called Sperry's lot, and so by said lot 
till it comes to a highway that goes down to the country road 
that leads to the Ferry. A.nd we began at the country road 
Southwest of said meadow, and the breadth of said highway 
is 4 rods wide, and the east side of said highway is bounded 



Roads and Public Lands. 93 

with heaps of stones, running with a line from a heap of 
stones between the parsonage land and the country road, to 
a stump and a heap of stones, and so continues below the 
hill 4 rods, till it comes over the brook or spring, and all the 
upland between the swamp and fence as it now stands, by 
Chedsey's land, and so between said Holt and Chedsey to the 
fence on the east side the said Highway, and so along be- 
tween said Holt and Joseph Tuttle's land to the fence on 
each side, and so up between said J. Tuttle's land and Pe- 
ter Woodward's to the fence, and each side, till it comes to 
the corner of said Woodward's lot, and then turns round to 
the highway, 4 rods. Laid out by us, 5th April, 1737. 
THOMAS ALCOCK,^ 
JOHN RUSSEL,and I Surveyors:' 
JOSEPH HOLT, J 

[E. H. Record.] 
" We the subscribers being appointec4 by the proprietors 
of East-Haven to lay out highways in East Haven, where it 
may be judged needful, we have, therefore, now laid out 
these highways upon the Green or Common in East- Haven, 
following, viz. : One road from the house of Gideon Potter* 
10 rods wide, eastward, untill it comes to the upper end ot 
the New-Lane and Samuel Bradley's house lot. Another 
from that, Northward, 10 rods wide, until it comes to the 
country road. And another 10 rod road from the meeting- 
house, running about Southeast, untill it comes to the head 
of the said New-Lane. And another road, 10 rods wide, 
from the house of Abraham Chedsey, Southward, down to 
the swamp of John Heminway : And another road from the 
said Chedsey's house, down to John Heminway's swamp, by 
John Heminway's and Moses Thompson's house lot, 10 rods 
wide. Also, another road from Moses Thompson's Barn 
eastward down to the Spring from Thompson's home lot to 
the swamp of John Heminway about 8 rods. \E.H. Record] 

ALL1NG BALL, } „ 
JOSEPH HOLT, J Surveyors" 

"Feb. 9, 1744. We the Subscribers, being called to lay 
out a highway near the head of the Mill pond, to the line be- 
tween New- Haven and Branford, and we did as follows, 
viz. : We began at the said pond, and for conveniency of 
landing we laid out the highway 25 rods by the pond, 
and on the west of the highway we ran northeast and by 
north 30 rods by the end of the rock lots, and on the east we 
run northwest 11 rods, and then we laid out a two rod high- 



3K, I 
AY. J 



§4 lioads and Public Lands. 

way, north bearing to the east, along by the end of the roelb 
lots, till we come to John Swayne's land, and then North- 
east to the line between New -Haven and Branford. 

JOHN RUSSEL, ) „ „ 

MATTHEW ROWE, $ uom ' 
[E. H. Record.] 
" A highway laid at the Gap of the Rock." 
"We began by Abraham Heminway's land near the Gap., 
and run 10 rods to the said pond, and 9 rods by the said 
Pond, and 1 2 rods by the rock and across to the first station ; 
and a 4 rod highway from said land thro' the Gap at the 
most convenient place, and so to extend till it comes over 
the River up to the country road between Daniel Bradley's 
homested, and the homested belonging to the heirs of Eben- 
ezer Chedsey deceased. Laid out by us. 
16th Julv, 1744. 

ISAAC PENFIELD, 
DANIEL HITCHCOCK, 
SAMUEL HEMINWAY. 

[E. H. Record.'] 
" We the Subscribers being appointed by the Inhabitants 
of East-Haven to run the line for, and lay out a road thro' a 
farm now in the possession of William Rogers, in the half 
mile, did as follows : 

" Begun at Abel Smith's southeast corner, at the east side 
of the highway, and run to the east of South 23 rods to a 
small stump; and then running south 17 rods to a large 
white oak stump, and then southeast 21 rods to a white oak 
pole; and then set oft' 6 rods to the west side of said highway 
to a sumach bush ; and then southeast and by east 13 rods, 
to a stake; and then south bearing to the west 45 rods, to an 
heap of stones, and then southwest 39 rods, to Isaac B lakes - 
lee's corner, and then running 5 rods south bearing to the 
west to a white oak bush, and then 13 rods south to an ash 
stump, and then 31 rods southwest to John Howe's to a for- 
mer highway. — As witness our hands. 
" The above is 6 rods wide. 

MOSES THOMPSON, 1 
DANIEL HITCHCOCK, I Com." 
JOHN RUSSEL, J 

« 12th March, 1733. Voted, That the land between Sto- 
ney-River and Mill-River, on the south side of the Country 
road, between said Rivers and the Road, be and remain foi 



Roads and Public Lands. 95 

the use of the proprietors forever, and not to be inclosed or 
taken up by any person under any pretence whatever." 

[E. H. Records.'] 

Capt. Amos Morris bought the land, and at his own ex- 
pense made a causey and road across the Cove Meadow, 
and by perseverance prevailed to get a road through the 
woods up to the old South-end road. This was an expen- 
sive enterprize, and is of great public utility. Yet when the 
Town assumed the road, they voted to allow him nothing 
for it. However, after much altercation, and the appoint- 
ment of several Committees, the Town voted to allow him 
§40 ! J The road was then got through to Mew's Lane, in 
1787. In 1795, another attempt was made to lay the road 
through up to the Meeting-house. And the report of the se- 
lectmen respecting it was accepted. But it was not execu- 
ted untill 1797, when the Town "Voted to open the road 
from the Meeting- House to Capt. Morris's Causey three rods 
wide." 

"5th Jan. 1795. We laid out a highway through the Old 
plains; beginning at a Button Ball Tree about 24 rods 
south of the causey in the line of the Old highway; then 
running southeasterly thro' the lands belonging to the heirs 
of Jacob Smith dec'd, 53 rods and 19 links, in a strait line 
from said Button Tree to the Northeasterly corner of the 
stone wall lately belonging to James Thompson, dec'd. 
Said highway, as by the subscribers surveyed and laid out, 
2£ rods in width north of the said Tree, and said corner of 
said stone wall, which makes the northerly line through the 
land of the said Smith's heirs, 54 rods and 24 links. Thence 
through the lands lately belonging to Stephen Thompson 19s 
rods on the south line, which reaches said corner of said 
stone wall and 2| in width, to metes and bounds northernly 
from said corner, which makes the northernly line through 
said land 23 rods, and 2 rods in length. 

" We then began at the northwesterly corner of said new 
highway, and laid, in addition to the old highway that led 
from the said causey to Southend, one rod in width off from 
the lands belonging to said heirs, 24 rods in length, which 
reaches the meadow at the northeasterly end of said Cau- 
sey. All which lands by said survey from the heirs of said 
Smith, is f of an acre and 38 rods. Damages for which 



96 Roads and Public Lands. 

were assessed at £18. [Stephen Thompson gave his land 
for the road.] 

DAN HOLT, ? e ; / » 

JOHN WOODWARD, $ * electmen ' 

IF. H. Record.] 

This is the only road the Town owns on Southend Neck. 
The roads there were laid out by the Proprietors of the 
neck, according to agreement among themselves. 

The road that leads to the New Ferry was surveyed 
30th May, 1787, and £15 damage was awarded to Henry 
F. Hughes, with liberty to have his house remain where it 
stands, " so long as he shall improve it." Nothing was a- 
warded to the other men through whose land it was laid, 
either because they were specially benefitted by it, or had 
in possession the old four rod highway that was laid out to 
the old Stable or Ferry Point, 1686. 

The road was laid out by Amos Morris, jun. Dan Holt, 
Selectmen. 

[E. H. Record."] 

A road was laid out on the half mile at the north end of 
ihe Town as follows : 

" Beginning at a brook near Ebenezer Holt's house, and 
running easterly to Branford line, where it meets a high- 
way this day laid out by the Selectmen of the Town of 
P>ranford, two rods wide ; running through the land belong- 
ing to Eliphalct Rogers and others, to us unknown, 78| 
rods, which makes 157 rods of land. Damages assessed at 
£10 19 6 lawful money. 10th June, 1796. 

JAMES CHEDSEY, \„. „,„„„«> 
ENOS HEMINWAY, \ * eleamen - 

[E. H. Record.'] 
Road on Dragon Bank. 

« Beginning at the highway that leads to the Old Ferry, 
called Pardee's Ferry, and running northeasterly, on the 
west side of Samuel Tuttle's Hill, through said Tuttle's 
land 81 rods, and 3 rods in width, I5 acres and 3 rods. 
Damages £4 6 8. Said road still runs said course through 
Henry F. Hughes' land 27 rods and 9 links, 3 rods wide. 
Damages £0 1 2 0. Said road still runs said course from 
;«aid Hughes' land, through the Widow Mary Pardee's land, 
69 rods of land. Said road is still 3 rods wide, and leads 
into the highway a little westward and northward of said 
Mary Pardee's house — still running with said highway 



JRoads and Public Lands. &7 

northward, taking a small corner off from said Widow Par- 
dee's land in the pasture lying north of said house. Dam- 
ages £4 10 0. Then laid 22 rods of land for said highway 
through Jared Pardee's land, which takes a small piece at 
the first mentioned place where said road left the Old Fer- 
ry highway, and a small piece of about two rods off from 
his land that lies north of where the Old barn stood. Dam- 
ages 12s. Said road still keeps its course from said Widow 
Pardee's pasture lot, taking a small corner off from John 
Woodward's land at the southwest corner. Then taking 
the Old highway running northward, taking a small piece of 
land from the northwest corner of Stephen Woodward's 
land. No damage. From said Woodward's land, said 
highway runs northward through the land that belongs to 
the heirs of Daniel Brown, adjoining to the Old highway, 
and running northward to the highway that leads by Ezra 
Rowe's house about 3 rods in width, makes 3| acres; — 
Damage ^12 10. Said road crosses the Old highway and 
runs through Ezra Rowe's home lot, 10 rods, 3 rods wide. 
Damage £2 12 6. Running northward through John Rowe's 
home lot 9 rods, 3 rods wide. Damage £2 6. Still keep- 
ing said course through Matthew Rowe's old house lot 8 
rods, 3 rods wide. Damage £l 16. Said road keeps said 
course through Stephen Rowe's land, 20 rods, 3 rods wide. 
Damage £4 10. Still keeping said course through Ezra 
Rowe's land, 30 rods, 3 rods wide. Damage £2 00. Said 
highway still runs, nearly northeasterly from the last men- 
tioned Rowe's land, through Samuel Davenport's land 87 
rods, 3 rods wide — which leads into the country road that 
leads by Samuel Davenport's house, a little northward of the 
brook that crosses said country road, south of said Daven- 
port's house. Damage £8 00. Surveyed 29th August, 
1791, bv 

JOHN WOODWARD, "1 
ENOS HEMINWAY, l r 
ISAAC CHEDSEY, f com ' 

AZARIAH BRADLEYJ 

« Whole cost, £43 9 8." 

" In Town meeting, 22d Sept. 1791, this report was aG 
cepted and approved." 

In 1824, the Selectmen agreed with Reuel Pardee and 
John Mitchel, for land for a two rod highway on the south 
side of their lots, being formerly called the Indian field, 
The road runs east and west, between the two roads that g» 



93 Roads and Public Lands, 

to the Cove. For the land and fence, the Selectmen allow- 
ed Reuel Pardee sixty dollars, and John Mitchel thirty-six 
dollars. 

The State road from North-Branford to Dragon Bridge, 
being now principally taken up for a Turnpike, is omitted. 



PART II. 



CONTAINING 



AN ACCOUNT 



OF THE 



jSranws, JWarciases, an* JHvtJjs, 



OF THE 



FAMILIES WHICH FIRST SETTLED, OR WHICH HAVE RE 
SIDED IN EAST-HAVEN, 

From its settlement in 1644, to the year 1800, 



THE following account was collected from the public 
and family records, from tradition, and from the monu- 
ments of the dead. Of some, no dates could be found, 
The families are traced as far back as there are any au- 
thentic memorials of them. Those which have removed 
from the town, are also noticed, where records or other 
correct information respecting them came in the way of 
the compiler. They are arranged in alphabetical order. 
The name of each family is stated in large capitals : the 
branches or descendants of the original family, are desig- 
nated by small capitals. 

Note. — This mark [f] added to the names, signifies thai 
(he persons died young. 



Names, Marriages, and Births. 

— ©©© — 

ABBOT, 

Joseph, had Abigail, Aug. 15, 1700, who married Na- 
thaniel Jocelin, 1720 ; Mary, Nov. 14, 1704, died unmar- 
ried. 

ALCOCK, 

Thomas, married Mary Gedney, April 17, 1706. They 
had Martha, 1707; Lydia, who married Isaac Blakely ; 
Philip, March 3, 1714. His 2d wife, Widow Abigail Aus- 
tin, Jan. 11, 1716, and had Anna, Oct. 20, 1717; Thomas, 
Sept. 6, 1720. 

ALLEN, 

Thomas, married Dorothy Mallory, Dec. 7, 1769. They 
had Thomas,t Infant,t Roger, Mary, who married Amos 
Broton, 1791 ; Thomas, Philemon, Betsey. Roger married 
Rhoda Tuttle, 1789. 

ALLING, 

Theophilus, son of SAMUEL, was born, Feb. 17, 1679,, 
and married Elizabeth Smith, June 17, 1708. They had Ti- 
tus, Timothy. — 2d wife, Widow Elizabeth Bradley. 

Titus, married Deborah Page. They had Titus, Lydia* 
Abigail, Nathaniel,t Deborah, Theophilus, Jonathan, Phebe, 
Nathaniel, Mary, Justus. 

Titus, jun. married Widow Lucinda Hickox, Jan. 27, 
1 789. They had Sylvia. 

ANDREWS, 

JEDEDIAH, married Hannah Thomas, 1731. They 
came from Woodbridge, and had John, May 17, 1731 ; Ma- 
ry, June 15, 1733; Lydia, Jan. 16, 1735 ; Gideon, March 
2, 1737.— 2d wife, Elizabeth Baldwin, 1740, had Jedediah,t 
May 1, 1741 ; Hannah, Oct. 17, 1743 ; Jedediah, Feb. 3, 
1751 ; Timothy, May, 1753 ; Nathan. 

Jedediah, jun. married Ame Bradley. They had In- 
fant.! — 2d wife, Abigail Barnes, Feb. 15, 1778, had Infant,! 
Infant, 1779 ;t Jedediah, April 3, 1781 ; Hannah, Jan. 25, 
1783; Elizabeth, June 26, 1786; Abigail, Infant,t Saltrue, 

Timothy, married Dorcas Smith, 1776. They had Na- 
than. 



1 ©2 Names, Marriages, and Births 

ANDREWS, 

TIMOTHY, married Rachel Adkins. They came from 
Wallingford, and had Elisha, Dec. 12, 1746; Timothy, A- 
pril 27, 1749 ; Rachel, Dec. 25, 1751, who married Samuel 
Crumb, 1772; Phineas, Nov. 25, 1752 ; Benjamin, Dec. 18, 
1755. — 2d wife, Widow Anna Holt, Jan. 25, 1758, had Sam- 
uel, Nov. 1758 ; Temperance, Nov. 28, 1760, who married 
Joseph Hotchkiss, jun. 

Elisha, married Sarah Moulthrop, 1769. They had Ja- 
red, March 25, 1770 ;t Timothy, Oct. 10, 1772;t Jared, 
March 28, 1774; Lydia, Oct. 10, 1776 ;t Nathan, Nov. 9, 
1778; Sarah, Nov. 30, 1780; Lydia, Oct. 21, 1782; Ra- 
chel, Oct. 16, 1784; Mabel, April 13, 1787; Lue, Oct. 27, 
1792. 

Jared, married Dorothy Phelps, 1792. They had Eliza, 
Mary, Sylvia, Samuel, Susan. 

Nathan, married Mehitabel Pardee. They had Reuel., 
Betsey, Almira, Mabel, Harriet, Mary, Nathan, Sarah. 

AUGER, 

Nicholas, was a learned Physician of New-Haven. 
He made his will in 1638, in which he mentions his sister 
Esther Coster, and his brothers John and Robert, and 
Nicholas, the son of John, and the youngest of John's sons. 
His will was executed in 1 669. 

ROBERT, married Mary Gilbert, Nov. 20, 1673. They 
had Esther, Oct. 19, 1677; John, Nov. 26, 1678t; Ann, 
Nov. 14, 1682; John, Nov. 16, 1686. 

John, married Elizabeth Bradley, July 1, 1710. They 
had Mary, Aug. 28, 1711, who married John Higgins; John, 
Isaac, Abraham ; Elizabeth, who married Ives ; Lydia, who 
married Charles Thomas, 1742; Daniel. 

John, jun. married Rachel Barnes, 1744. They had Ra- 
chel, Oct. 27, 1744; Keturah, June 17, 1746; John, June 
11, 1748t; Peter, June 12, 1750; John, June 19, 1753; 
Puah, May 1, 1755. 

Daniel, married Elizabeth Hitchcock. They had Phil- 
emon, May 20, 1754 ; Loist; Elizabeth, who married Rose- 
well Bradley, 1779, and Samuel Forbes, 1782. — 2d wife, 
Mabel Brown. 

Philemon, married Tabitha Perkins. They had Rose- 
well, Oct. 20, 1780; Lois, Sept. 20, 1782.— 2d wife, Mary 
Shepard, Jan. 1, 1790, had Elizabeth, Jan. 10, 1793 ; Dan 
iel, July 16, 1795; Abraham, Dec. 26, 1798t 



Ncmts, Marriages, and Births. 103 

AUSTIN, 

JOHN,* married Mary Atwater, 1667. They had John, 
April 23, 16681; David, Feb. 23, 1670; Joshua, Sept. 3, 
1673; Maryt; John, Oct. 14, l677;t Mary, April 17, 
l680t; a son, 1683.1 — His wife died 1683, and he married 
Elizabeth Bracket, Jan. 21, 1684, and had Sarah, Jan. 23, 
1685. 

David, married Abigail , and had Abigail, April 5, 

1699; David, Oct. 25, 1703 ; Stephen, Jan. 1, 1705 ; Jona- 
than, April 27, 1708; Mefcy, 1710, who married Samuel 
Holt, 1^37, and Caleb Hitchcock; Lydia, who married Eb- 
enezer Darrow. 

David, jun. married Rebekah Thompson, Feb. 11, 1731. 
They had, David, May 6, 1732; Samuel, April 3, 1734; 
John, Sept. 23, i 736 ; Sarah, Aug. 13, 1737 ; Rebekah, Feb. 
26, 1739. — id wife, Hannah Punderson, had Hannah, Aug. 
21, 1741, who married Rev. Nicholas Street, 1766; Pun- 
derson, Jan. [8, 1743t ; Punderson, Feb. 10, 1744; Jona 
than, July 31, 1745. 

\ id, 3d, married Mary Mix, Dec. 14, 1752. They had 
Rebekah, Dec. 16, 1753; Mary, Oct. 24, 1755t; David, 
March 19, 1759; Ebenezer, June 18, 1761 ; Sarah, July 
24, 1763; Elizabeth, June 1, 1765 ; Hannah, Oct. 26, 1767; 
Elisha, March 23, 1770; John; Mary, 1776, who married 
Rev. Andrew Yates. 

Samuel, married Lydia Woolcot, Dec. 6, 1759. They 
had Samnel, Oct. 7, 1760; William, Sept. 8, 1762; Lydia, 
Dec. 9,1764. 

John, married Anna Mix. They had Anna, who mar- 
ried Rev. Daniel Crocker. 

Jonathan, maried Sarah Beecher. They had Thaddeus, 
John, Sarah, Nancy, Eli Beecher. 

Stephen, married Martha Thompson, April 19, 1732. 
They had Tryphena, May 10, 1733; Stephen, June 17, 
1735t ; Mary, Jan. 25, 1740 ; Stephen, May 7, 1743 ; Abra- 
ham, May 25, 1749; Martha, Feb. 13, 1751; 

Jonathan, of David, sen. had Abigail 1738t; Lydia, 
Sept. 17, 1740. 

Joshua, married Mehitabel Hitchcock. They had Si- 
lence, Feb. 28, 1714; Joshua, Sept. 17, 1733. 

* A petition dated Oct. 6, 1656, was presented to New-Haven Gov- 
ernment, from the inhabitants of Greenwich, to be received under their 
cflre. John Austin was one of the petitioner?, 



104 Names, Marriages, and Births. 

Joshua, jun, married Abagail Hitchcock, May 6, 1756* 
They had Lois, Feb. 16,17591* ; Daniel, June 5, 1762; Lois, 
May 11, 1764. — 2d wife, Susunna Page. 

Daniel, married Sarah Pardee, Sept. 5, 1787. They had 
Wyllys, 1790t; Mary, June 18, 1792; John Pardee, April 
3, 1794; Stephen, March 31, 1796; Sarah, Feb. 9, 1805. 

BALL, 

ALLING, married Dorothy. Thevhad John, April 15, 
1649; Eliphalet, Feb. 11, 1651; Ailing, June 27,1656. 

John, had Eliphalet, May 29, 1680 : John, Sept. 30, 
1685: Sarah, Sept. 26, 1687, who married John Miles, 
1710 : Hannan, Jan. 12, 1690 ; Mercy, April, 1692, who 
married Joseph Mix, 1709 ; Mary, Oct. 21, 1694; Caleb, 
June 6, 1697. 

John, jun. married Mary Tuttle, 1716. They had John, 
Nov, 21, 1716: Mary, Aug. 11, 1718 : Eliphalet, Sept. 
18, 17211; Eliphalet, July 29, 1723; Timothy, Nov. 10, 
1724 ; Stephen ; Hannah. 

C\leb, married Abigail Osborne, 1720. They had Jo- 
seph, Sept. 9, 1721 ; Sarah, Nov. 25, 1723 ; Abigail, Oct. 
12, 1727; Caleb, Dec. 2, 1729 ; Moses, Aug. 22, 1732. 

Eliphalet, married Hannah Nash, Feb. 13, 1672, and 
died July 16, 1673. 

Alling, jux. married Sarah Thompson, Nov. 27, 1678. 
They had Sarah, Aug. 26, 1679, who married Joseph Ives, 
1700 ; Lydia, Jan. 30, 1681, who married Rev. Jacob 
Heminvvay, 1712; Allingt ; Mercy, who married Eleazar 
Morris,jun. ; Mabel, who married Abraham Chedsey, 1722 : 
Ailing. 

Alling, 3d, married Griswold. They had Lydia, 

Oct. 29, 1725, who married Abel Smith, 1737 ; Lucy, 
who married Ephraim Brush ; Alling, Eliphalet, Wait, 
Daniel, Oliver. 

BARNES, 

THOMAS, signed the Colony Constitution, 1644. He 
and his brother Daniel, settled on the plain south of Muddy 
River. He had Elisabeth, May 28, 1650; Thomas, Aug. 
26, 1653; Abigail, Jan. 11, 1656; Daniel, 1659; Maybee, 
Jan. 25, 1663. 

Thomas, jun. — North-Haven — Had Mary, 1682 ; Tho- 
mas, July 21, 1684t; Thomas, July 26, 1687; Sarah, 1689, 
who married Samuel Moulthrop ; Rebekah, March 12. 



JYames, Marriages, and Births. 103 

5691; Abigail, June 10, 1693 ; Elisabeth, Nov. 10, 1695; 
Deborah, Feb. 1, 1698; Hannah, May 31, 1702; Sam- 
uel, April 11, 1705 ; Nathaniel, Jan. 11, 1707 ; Abra 
ham, 1711. 

Samuel, North-Haven, married Rebekah Parker. They 
had Justus, Jan. 3, 1730t ; Rebekah, April 28, 1733!; 
Hannah, Sept. 5, 1735 ; Titus, Dec. 21, 1739!.—2d wife, 
Elisabeth Tuttle, had Rebekah, July 27, 1741t; Samuel, 
April 24, 1743 ; Elisabeth, March 1, 1745 ; Isaiah, Jan, 
2, 1748. — 3d wife, Dorcas Turner, had Dorcas, Dec. 26, 
1 75 3t ; Justus, March 6, 1756t. 

Samuel, jun. married Hepzibah Collins, 1764. They 
had Samuel, Jan. 3, 1765 ; Jeremiah, March 9, 1767t; 
Elisabeth, March 18, 1769t ; Chauncey, Feb. 1, 1771 ; 
Elisabeth, March 7, 1773; Sarah, Nov. 4, 1775t; Polly, 
Jan. 29, 1777 ; Amos, Oct. 14, 1779t ; Bela Collins, Dec. 
18, 1781. 

Chauncey, married Kuldah Smith, May 29, 1794. 
They had William, Maria, Samuel, Melinda, Jeremiah, 
Almira, Chauncey. — And by a second marriage this moth 
er had three more. 

Nathaniel, married Mary Russel. They had Nathan- 
iel!, Abraham!, Abraham!; Mary, who married Daniel 
Holt, Wallingford ; Eunice, who married Samuel Brittin. 
— 2d wife, Abigail Hotchkiss, had Ichabod. — 3d wife, wid 
ow Abigail Howe!, March 22, 1745. Had John, Jan. 28, 
1746; Abraham, Nov. 18, 1747 ; Isaac, Dec. 21, 1749; 
Nathaniel, Aug. 28, 1751 ; Abigail, Feb. 4, 1753, who mar- 
ried Jedediah Andrews, 1778 ; Desire, Feb. 20, 1755, who 
married Samuel Luddington, 1787; Hannah, Oct. 2, 1757, 
who married Ephraim Chedsey, 1786 ; Jacob, Nov. 11, 
1759; Levi, May 9, 1762. 

Ichabod, married Esther Tamadge, Aug. 12, 1756. 
They had E vastus, Hezekiah!, Thomas!, Esther, Abigail, 
Anna. 

John, married Abigail Collins, Oct. 10, 1763. They 
had Obedience, Abel, John! and Elihu. 

Abraham, married Hannah Grannis, Jan. 1, 1776. They 
had Thomas, Sept. 22, 1782 ; Mehitabel. 

Isaac, married Lois Pardee, Feb. 2, 1776. They had 
Mehitabel, March 30, 1777 ; Abraham Jared, August 4, 
1778!; Mary, Aug. 2, 1780; Isaac, Dec. 12, 1782!; Ja- 
cob, Nov. 19, 1785; Huldah, June 9, 1788; Reuel, April 
21, 1793; Julia, Nov. 7, 1796. 

Nathaniel, married Abigail Heminwav, March 16, 1777. s 

10 



IOd Names s Marriages, and Births. 

They had Abraham, Sarah 7 Abiudt, Nathaniel, Brffsilk, 
Anson, Heminwayt. 

Levi, married Huldah Grannis, 179L They had Levi., 
Asenath, Lydia, Nancy. 

Jacob, married Hannah Chedsey, July 30, 1789. They 
had Silas, Harriet, Hannah, Sarah. 

Abraham, (of Thomas, jttn.) had Dimon ? and three 
daughters, 

Jonathax, married Martha Frost, They had Jonathan, 
Aug. 26, 1750; Martha, Oct. 28, 1751, who married Jona- 
than Finch ; Solomon, 1753. 

Solomon, married Lydia Smith, They had Lydialv 
Lydiat, Martha, James, Lydia, and three infantsf. 

BLAKESLEY, 
ISAAC, married Lydia Alcock. They had Amos, Phi 
lemon, andMaryt; Abraham, Lydia; Mary, who married 
Eliphalet Pardee, 1756; Isaac ; Hannah, Aug. 29, 17 4L 
who married Joseph Holt, jun. 

BRAY, 

Asa, married Lydia . They had John, Flora, Lydia, 

Abigail. — 2d wife, Hannah Hull, had Mary ; Hoadley. 

BRADLEY, 

ISAAC, married Elisabeth — — . He appears first on 
Branford Records in 1674. He is then noticed as a " so- 
journer at New-Haven" and the Town granted him a 
home lot of two acres at Canoe brook. He removed to 
East-Haven, 1683. They had Isaac, William, Samuel ; 
Daniel, Dec. 20, 1696; Sarah, who married George Par 
de, 3d, 1703; Elisabeth, who married John Auger, 1710. 

William, married Elisabeth Chedsey, Jan. 7, 1713. 
They had Caleb, Oct. 17, 1714 ; Ebeiiezer, March 25 r 
1716, who married Mabel Grannis, and removed to North- 
bury ; Joseph, July 13, 1718 ; Elisabeth, who married 
John Thompson, New-Haven ; Desire, who married Eli 
phalet Tuttle ; James, June 15, 1726. 

Caleb, married Sarah Russel. They had Elisabeth, 
May 3, 1737, who married John Shepard, 1765; James, 
Nov. 9, 1739 ; William ; Tyrus, Rosewell, these two 
were lost at sea; Ame, who married Jedediah Andrews, 
jun. 1776 ; Huldah, who married Joel Northrop, 1773 ; Sa~ 



Names, Marriages, and Births, 107 

rah, who married Isaac Page, 1770; Lucretia, who marr- 
ied Joseph Moulthrop ; Lydia. 

William, married Rebekah Ives. They had Lucretia! ; 
Joelt ; William, May 18, 1763 ; Abigail, who married 
Nathaniel Yale, 1791 ; infantt. 

William, jun. married Mary Moulthrop, Oct. 6, 1785. 
They had Pollyt, William, Solomont, Lucretia, Rose well, 
Tyrus, Polly, Elisabeth Rowe, Solomon. 

Rose well, married Elisabeth Augur, 1779. They had 
A me. 

Samuel, married Sarah Robinson, Jan. 7, 1715. They 
had Zebulon, Oct. 6, 1715 ; Isaac, Nov. 30, 1717 ; Dan ; 
Levi ; Sarah, 1728, who married Isaac Chedsey, 175*.2 ; 
Simeon, 1731; Azariah, 1734; Gurdon, 1738. 

Zebulox, married Elisabeth Heminway, July 10, 1740. 
They had Abraham, June 13, I74l ; joslah, Sept. 17, 
1743 ; Asa and Jared,t May 9, 1746 ; Jared, May 30, 1749; 
Abijah, Oct. 31, 1751 ; Zebu Ion, Oct. 12, 1753 ; Elisabeth, 
Dec. 15, 1756, who married Andrew Davidson, 1774; Eli- 
jah, Oct. 10, 1759. 

Abraham, married Ame Heminway, Jan. 23, 1760. 
They had Mary, Abiudt, Rachel, Abiudt, Abraham, Syd~ 
neyt, Nancy, Sarah, Jared, Sydneyt. 

Josiah, married Comfort Hitchcock, Feb. 2, 1764. 
They had Jeremiah, Aug. 11, 1766; Loruhamah, April 7, 
1769, who married Jonathan Goodsell, 1791 ; Abigail, Jan. 
19, 1773t ; Zebulon, Sept. 16, 1774 ; Abigail, Oct. 22, 
1776, who married Samuel Holt, jun. 1796 ; Elisabeth, 
Dec. 16, 1 779i. jEhomarried James Heminway, 1798. 

Zebulon, married Elisabeth Goodsell, May 11, 1794., 
They had Infantt ; Tryphena, Dec. 19, 1796 ; Abigail, 
Dec. 27, 1798; Jeremiah, June 6, 1800. 

Asa, married Ame Morris, 1768. They had Amos; 
Jerusha, who married Benjamin Hutchins ; Abiud, Gurdon, 
Elijah. 

Amos, married Elisabeth Bradley, May 5, 1793. They 
had Betseyt, Jaredt, Jared, Amos, Betsey Morris, Asa, 
Jane Adeline, Elijah, Luther, Elisabeth. 

Jared, married Sarah Smith, Aprils, 1768. They had 
Sarah, March 16, 1769, who married Samuel Bradley ; E- 
lisabeth, Oct. 28, 1770, who married Amos Bradley, 1793 ; 
Lorinda, Oct. 9, 1772, who married Heminway Holt, 1795 ; 
Asetiath, Nov. 2, 1774, who married Hezekiah Wood- 
ward, 1794; Jared, Aprils, 1778; Asa, July 19, 1781; 



108 Names, Marriages, and Births. 

Anson, Sept. 22, 1783; Elias, May 13, 1786; John Smith, 
Aug. 28, 1788. 

Abijah, married Sarah Thompson, 1769. They had 
James ; Esther, who married Stephen Heminway, 1791 ; 
Abijah ; Desire, who married Eleazar Heminway. 

Elijah, married Esther Thompson. They had William., 
Nancyt, Polly, Ame. 

Isaac, married Hannah Heminway. They had Eli, Oct. 
6, 1747t; Anna, Dec. 26, 1749 ; Isaac, July 9, 1753 ; Eli, 
Elihu, Hannah, Enos, Desire, Asahel. 

Elihu, married Sibyl Grannis, May 22, 1780. They 
had Hannah, Sarah, Enos, Polly, Leura, Eli, Almont, Levi, 
Annat, Annat. 

Dan, married Sarah Judd, 1751. They had Benjamin, 
Feb. 18, 1753; Uriel, Sept. 9, 1755; Edmond, Sept. 24, 
1757 ; Sarah, Nov. 27, 1759, who married John Hunger- 
ford ; Nehemiah, April 13, 1762 ; Ichabod, Nov. 10, 1764. 
— 2d wife, Mehitabel Heminway, Feb. 12, 1767. Had 
Heminway, John, Major, Hezekiah, Samuel, Elihu, Polly, 
fteuel. 

Edmond, married Lydia Chedsey, 1781. They had 
Dan, March 27, 1784; Sarah, Feb. 11, 1786 ; Adah, July, 
1788 r; Adah, Anson, Twins, Triplets, Willard, Dana, 
Chester, and four more that died infants. 

Levi, married Hannah Chedsey, 1748. They had Sam- 
uel, April 5, 1750 ; Brian t, Levi. 

Samuel, married Abigail Thompson, Dec. 18, 1777. 
They had Elisabeth, Samuel. 

Simeon, married Abigail Denison, July 26, 1759. They 
had Irene, May 6, 1760, who married Nehemiah Smith, 
1793 ; Abigail, Jan. 6, 1762, who married Collins Hughes, 
1790; Mabel, Dec. 16, 1763, who married John Tyler, 
1786; Jesse, July 31, 1766 ; Joel, Nov. 17, 1768 ; Sarah, 
July 8, 1771 ; Oliver, Feb. 15, 1774 ; Levi, Sept. 23, 1777 ; 
Abraham, Aug. 20, 1780. 

Jesse, married Lydia Holt. They had Susan, Nov. 11, 
1788 ; Lydia, Jan. 29, 1791 ; Heminwav Holt, June 6. 
1792; Jesse, Nov. 29, 1793 ; Oliver, Feb. 19, 1796. 

Joel married Lovisa Bradley, January 30, 1794. They 
had Abraham, June 15, 1795; Abigail, June 29, 1798; 
infantt; Mabel Tyler, May 26, 1802; Amos, July 11, 
1804; Lovisa,f Joel Nelson, Jesse, Lovisa, Amanda.— 2c! 
wife, Marv Barnes, had Reuel Barnes. 



Names, Marriages, and Births. 109 

Azariah married Elizabeth Thompson, Nov. 7, 1759. — 
,2d wife, Elizabeth Woodward, Jan. 18, 1764. They had 
Elizabeth, July 12, 1765; Samuel, Jan. 6, 1767; Esther, 
Aug. 15, 1770, who married Leverett Bradley, 1791 ; John, 
April 9, 1774 ;f Lydia, July 8, 1776; Rosewell, Aug. 15. 
1780. 

Samuel married Sarah Bradley. They had Laura, Wil- 
liam, George, Esther, Lue, Azariah, Adeline, Lydia, Samu 
el, Justin. 

Gurdon married Mary Woodward, Jan. 30, 1766. They 
had Mary, May 6, 1767, who married Laban Smith, 1789; 
Iluldah, June 16, 1770, who married Jehiel Forbes, 1794; 
John, April 30, 1777; Lue, Oct. 1, 1780; Willet and Su- 
san,! 1784; Justin, May 20, 1787. 

Daniel married Mehitabel Heminway. They had Ma- 
ry, April 2, 1720, who married Benjamin Pardee ; Stephen, 
Nov. 13, 1723; Abigail, June 26, 1725; Daniel, March 6, 
1728; Timothy, May 6, 1731 ; Jacob, July 7, 1734. 

Stephen married Thankful Smith. They had Anna, 
Dec. 9, 1748; Sarah, March 3, 1751 ; Timothy, John, Ma- 
ry ,f Stephen, Mary, Leveret, Lois, who married Stephen 
Thompson, Jun. 1779; Mehitabel, who married Ichabod 
Bishop, 1775. 

Timothy married Sarah Goodsell, 1762. They had Lu- 
cinda, March 6, 1763; Lathrop, Dec. 14, 1764; Sarah, 
March 2, 1766; Elizabeth, Sept. 24, 1768; Timothy, 
Sept. 14, 1770; Levi, Jan. 14, 1772; John, Polly, Lorana. 

Stephen, Jun. married Mehitabel Luddington. They 
had Mary, April 2, 1782 ;t Justus, March 20, 1784 ;t Ma- 
ry, April 12, 1786; Justus, March 31, 1788 ;f Thankful, 
Dec. 13, 1790; Lucinda, April 28, 1793; Stephen, Aug. 6, 
1795 ; Mehitabel, June 28, 1798. 

Leveret married Esther Bradley. They had Susan, 
Sept. 2, 1791 ; Sarah, John Smith, Emeline, Maria,* 
Elizabeth Maria. 

Jacob married Elizabeth Goodsell. They had Daniel, 
Jan. 16, 1756; Sibyl, May 3, 1758; Lydia, Oct. 12, 1760, 
who married Levi Parker; Joseph, May 16, 1763 ;t Mary, 
Nov. 24, 1765, who married Russel Grannis, 1?89; Amma, 
Nov. 21, 1769 ; Lovisa, March 28, 1772, who married Joel 
Bradley, 1794; Hezekiah, July 21, 1774; Asahel, June 5, 
1778. 

Daniel married Eunice Ives, Jan. 11, 1776. They had 
Nathaniel Hitchcock, April 23, 1778 ;t Olive, July 11, 

10* 



110 - iXames, Marriages, and Births. 

1780; Elizabeth, Oct. 27, 1782; Sibyl, Nov. 7, 1784; 
Joseph, Nov. 4, 1786 ;t Lydia, April 22, 1789; Eudocia, 
July 20, 1791 ;f Sarah, May 3, 1794 ;f Eunice, Feb. 18, 

1797. 

Amma married Lydia Grannis, June 26, 1794. They had 
James, April 28, 1795 ;t Nancy Sylvina, Nov. 24, 1797; 
James, May 8, 1801 ;t Almira. 

Asahel married Asenath Grannis. They had Betsey, 
4senath,f Eben, Joseph, Mary, Jared,t Jared, Asahel, Lydia. 

BR1TTIN, 

Samuel, married Eunice Barnes, 1773; had Mary, 1778. 

BISHOP, 

JOSEPH, married Hannah White. They had Charles, 
Joseph, Benjamin, Ichabod, Elisabeth, who married James 
Thompson ; Hannah, who married Silas Curtis, 1769 : 
R u th.— 2d wife, Mehitabel Holbrook, Nov. 12, 1750, had 
Jared, April 2, 1752; Lois, June 27, 1754, who married 
Jacob Smith, 1778 ; Polly, Aug. 7, 1756, who married Joel 
Mulford, 1782; David, Oct. 17, 1758;f Rachel, April 23, 
1761, who married Daniel Smith, 1781 ; Stephen, Aug. 21, 
1763 ;f Stephen, April 13, 1767; Sarah, April 8, 1768, 
who married Enos Bradley. 

Charles married Mary Forbes, Dec. 13, 17?'4. No issue. 

Benjamin married Abigail Hotchkiss, 1769. They had 
Beni, Elizabeth,t Elizabeth, Silas. 

Ichabod married Mehitabel Bradley, March 9, 1775. 
They had Hannah, Joseph, Polly, James, John, Elias. 

BROTON, 

JAMES ADKINS, married Abigail O'Neal. They had 
Hannah, William, Martha, Abigail, Patience, Henry, Mehit- 
abel, Sophia, Amos and Anna,t Mary. 

Amos married Mary Allen, Sept. 19, 1791. They had 
JameSjf Nancy ,t James, Hartwell, William, Orin,t and by 
a second marriage with Amasa Mallory, she had six more. 

BROWN. 

FRANCIS, New-Haven, married Mary. He signed the 
Colony Constitution, 1639. They had Eleazar, Samuel, 
Ebenezer, John, Lydia. 

Eleazar, New-Haven, had Eleazar, Jan. 6, 1663; Ger- 
shom, Oct. 9, 1665 ; Daniel, Jan. 16, 1668. 

Gershom, New-Haven, had Eleazar, 1696 ; Hannah, 
Jan. L, 1702; Olive, Feb. 22, 1708. 

Eleazar married Sarah Rowe, Jan. 21, 1725. They had 



Names, Marriages, and Births. Ill 

Sarah, Feb. 3, 1726, who married Timothy Gorham; Ger- 
shom, March 29, 1728; Abigail, June 1 2, 1730, who mar- 
ried Enos Potter; Eleazar, 1732; Hannah, June 19, 1735 ; 
Olive, who married Nathaniel Crown ; Sarah, who married 

Rockweil ; one married Hall ; Daniel, Nov. 3, 

17^3. 

Daniel married Hannah Ingliss, April 24, 1770. They 
had Isaac, Feb. 27, 1771 ; Hannah, Nov. 18, 1772; Daniel, 
Sept. 11, 1774 ;t Sarah, April 23, 1776; Rosewell, Oct. 6, 
1778; Phila, Aug. 30, 1780; Clarissa, June 14, 1783; 
Daniel, Dec. 20, 1784; Aner, Oct. 13, 1786; Marv, Dec. 
21, 1788. 

Daniel, New-Haven, had Daniel, April 26, 1 698; Jo- 
seph, Dec. 1, 1701; Isaac, March 20, 1709; Mary, Dec. 
16, 1716. 

BURNHAM, 

David, married widow Rachel Luddington, 1792. They 
had James, Jan. 4, 1793 ; William, June 11, 1795 ; Martha, 
Oct. 5, 1797- 

BUTLER, 

James, married Lucretia Foot. They had Samuel, James, 
Merit, William. 

CAMP, 

Hezekiah, married Lydia. They came from Milford to 
Southend about 1704, and afterwards removed to Canaan, 
Litchfield County. They had Hezekiah, Abiel, Joel, Lydia, 
who married Amos Morris, 1745; Rebekah, who married 
David Leavitt; Abigail, who married Joel Northrup ; Sa- 
rah,t Samuel, ivho was an eminent minister of the Gospel 
in the Tqam of Ridgefield, where he died ; John. 

CARNES, 

Thomas, married Mary Brown. They had Elisabeth, 
Aug. 8, 1684 ; Alexander, Dec. 19, 1685 ; Joseph, Aug. 
4, 1687. 

CHEDSEY, 

JOHN, Deacon of the first Church in New- Haven, sign- 
ed the Colony Constitution, 1644, being then about 23 years 
of age; — he removed to Stoney River, 1681. This name, in 
England, is spelled Chedsey, and is the name of a Town. 
And so it appears on the old records and monuments. It 
was so used by the sons of John Chedsey. It has since 
been changed to Chidsey. But for the sake of uniformity, 
I have used Chedsey instead o/*Chidsey, through the book., 



112 Names, Marriages, and Births, 

lie married Elisabeth . They had Mary, Sept. 22, 

l650t; John, Oct. 21, 1651, died without issue ; a daugh- 
ter, l653t ; Joseph, Dec. 5, 1655 ; Daniel, July 30, l657t; 
Mary, Nov. 21, 1659, who married William Wilmot, 
1692; Caleb, Nov. 20, 1661 ; Hannah, Jan. 7, 1663, who 
married Caleb Mix ; Ebenezer, Feb. 10, 1665 ; Elisabeth, 
Dec. 16, l668t; Sarah, 1670, who married Samuel Ailing. 

Joseph, married Sarah . They had Hannah, Jan. 

28, 1696; Joseph, Aug. 15, l698t ; Sarah, May 13, 1700 ; 
Abigail, April 28, 1702; Rachel, March 17, 1704; Dinah, 
May 14, 1707 ; Abel, March 7, 1709t ; Joseph, Aug. 8, 
1710 ; and he removed to North- Guilford, 

Deacon Caleb, married Anna Thompson, May 10, 1688, 
and Hannah Dickerman, July 6, 1693. They had Daniel, 
March 25, 1695 ; Caleb, May 9, 1697; Abraham, March 31, 
1699 ; Mary, Oct. 30, 1701 , who married Jona. Gilbert, 1725. 

Caleb, jtjn. married Widow Abigail Smith. They had 
Isaac, Nov. 8, 1731 ; Caleb, Sept. 1, 1738. 

Isaac, married Sarah Bradiey, 1752. They had Sarah, 
Jan. 28, 1753, who married Levi Pardee, 1771; Samuel, 
Aug. 28, l754t; Abigail, Oct. 5, 1758, who married John 
Goodsell, 1776; Lydia, May 8, 1761, who married Edmond 
Bradley, 1784 ; Caleb, July 25, 1763 ; Lois, Sept. 25, 
1765, who married Joel Thompson, 1782; Deborah, Jan. 3, 
1768, who married Nathan Godard ; Ame, July 25, 1771, 
who married William Smith, 1795 ; Samuel, April 24, 
1773; Isaac, 1776t. 

Caleb, married Rebekah Page. They had Isaac, April 
27, 1793 ; Laura, Eliza, Luther, Solomon, Jared Goodsell, 
Lucretia. 

Samuel, married Betsey Holt. They had Sarah, Russel, 
Harriet, Lorinda, Anna, Samuel, Almira, Betsey, Lydia 
Bradley, Abigail Holt, Hannah. 

Caleb, 3d, married Mehitabel Moulthrop, Sept. 3, 1759. 
They had Thankful, who married Jesse Luddington, Jun. 
1779. 

Abraham, married Mabel Ball. They had Mabel, May 
31, 1723, who married William Woodward ; Hannah, July 
4, 1725, who married Levi Bradley, 1748; Mary, Oct. 8, 
1727t; Danielt, Danielt, Twinst. — 2d wife, Mary Todd, 
had Mary, 1735t; Infantt. — 3d wife, Widow Bathsheba 
Grannis. Had Abraham, Sept. 23, i741 ; Daniel, May 22, 
1743; Joseph, Desire, Mary. 

Abraham, jun. married Hannah Goodsell, March 27. 



Names, Marriages, and Births. 113 

1766. They had Danielt, Saraht, Azelt, Lydiat, Abraham ; 
Lydia, who married James Thompson; Jacob, Azel, Mala- 
chit, Clorinda, Desiret. 

Abraham, 3d, married Abigail Beach. They had John 
Harrington Beach, Harriet. 

Jacob, married Abigail Ann Benham. They had Daniel 
Manderville, Emmeline Parinda, Matildat, Matilda Ann, 
Charles Benham. 

Joseph, married Sarah Goodrich, 1769. They had 
Timothy, Feb. 26, 1770; Bartholomew, June 19, 1771; A- 
braham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Daniel, Mabel, Fanny, Naomi, 
Zacheus. 

Ebenezer, married Priscilla Thompson. They had Sa- 
rah, Dec. 8, 1689, who married John Dawson, 1708; John, 
Nov. 6, 1691t; Elisabeth, Feb. 6, 1693, who married Will- 
iam Bradley ; John, March 4, 1695 ; Samuel, June 6, 1699 ; 
Ebenezer, Dec. 6, 170 1 ; James, Aug. 23, 1704t; Abigail, 
April 1, 1707, who married Daniel Hitchcock ; Isaac, June 
3, 1710. 

John, married Mary Foot, Feb. 8, 1715. They had Sa- 
rah, Dec. 6, 1716; John, Sept. 15, 1720; Eunice, March 
31, 1723, who married Moses Luddington ^ — •- 

John, jun. married Sarah Shepard, Dec. 21, 1745. They 
had Abigail, May 6, 1747, who married John Goodsell, 
1773; John, Dec. 16, 1749; Ephraim, March 19, 1752; 
Rosewell, July 17, 1754; Street, Nov. 15, 1756; Sarah, 
Oct. 1758, who married Richard Barret, 1780 ; Rhoda, 
1760 ; Samuel, 1762t; Mary, Sept. 26, 1765, who married 
Phineas Curtiss, 1787; Eunice, 1768, who married Will- 
iam Walker ; Ezekiel, Oct. 8, 1770. 

John, 3d, married Anna Luddington, March 8, 1770. 

I They had Hannah," Jan. 18, 1771, who married Jacob 

Barnes, 1789; Abigail, Nov. 19, 1773, who married Noah 

Welton, 1792; Anna, May 5, 1775, who married Levi 

ip Baldwin, 1796 ; Street, Sept. 8, 1778 ; Sarah, Aug. 5, 

I 1780; John, Jan. 22, 1783t; Samuel, Hervey, Charlottet ; 

Horace. 

Ephraim, married Desire Denison, Feb. 26, 1778. They 
had Desire, March 5, 1783. — 2d wife, Hannah Barnes, 
1786. 

Rosewell, married Hannah Lanfear. They had Reuel, 
Sept. 5, 1776 ; Ralph, Feb. 2, 1779; Polly, Feb. 22, 178 It; 
Polly, July 11, 1783 ; Rosewell, March 24, 1786; Fred- 
eric, Rutherford, Nancy. 



114 Names, Marriages, and Births. 

Ezekiel, married Lydia Gorham. They had William, 
Susan, Frederick, John, Edward, Sarah, Charles. 

Samuel married Deborah Goodsell. They had Samuel, 
Oct 14, 1722 ; Deborah, Nov. 28, 1725. 

Samuel, jun. married Hannah Grannis. They had 
Levy, Feb. 1, 1745; Sarah, Dec. 1, 1747, who married 
George Stan clift, 1780, and Gideon Allen ; Hannah, May 
6,1749, who married Asa Mallory, 1778; Huldah, Nov. 
24, 1751, who married Ezra Rowe, 1773. 

Levy married Hannah Potter, Sept. 10, 1770. They 
had Huldah, Oct. 27, 1773; Samuel, April 14, l775;t Sa- 
rah, March 1, 1778; Hannah, Nov. 14, 1780; Samuel, 
April 12, 1783; Deborah Goodsell, Sept. 7, 1785. 

Isaac, (of Ebenezer,) married Mary Pardee. They had 
Sarah, who married Ezra Fields ; Mary,t Ebenezer, James. 

Ebenezer married Elizabeth Grannis, June 26, 1761. 
They had Isaac, who married Lydia Smith, 1791; Mary, 
who married Asher Moulthrop, 1783; Jacob; Sarah, who 
married Samuel Grannis ; Elizabeth, who married Caleb 
Smith, 1794 ; Desire,! Abigail, who married Levi Moul- 
throp. 

James married Mehitabel Grannis. No issue. 

COLLINS, 

DANIEL, married Abigail Thompson, Sept. 8, 1698. 
They had Daniel, July, 1699 ;t Abel, Aug. 4, 1702; Amos, 
Oct. 1 704 ;t Lydia, Feb. 1707 ;t Priscilla, who married Daniel 
Holbrook; Lydia, Dec. 1710 ;t Daniel, March 1, 1713; 
Abigail, Sept. 14, 1717 ; Rebekah, Feb. 29, 1720. 

Abel married Rebekah Bartholomew. They had Mercy, 
who married Bordwell Hughes; Hepzibah, July 14, 1743, 
who married Samuel Barnes, 1764; Abigail, Aug. 15, 
1744, who married John Barnes, 1764. 

COLT, 

Truman, married widow Anna Pardee. They had Wyl- 
lys Forbes, Anson Truman. 

COOPER, 

JOHN, removed from New-Haven to Stoney River, about 
the time the Ironworks were established, of which he was an 
agent. He had John ; Sarah, who married Samuel Hemin- 
way, 1662; Hannah, who married John Potter, l66l. 

Jojhn, jun. married Mary Thompson. They had Re- 
bekah;! a daughter, ;668; *Mary, 1669 ;t John, Feb. 23, 
1770; Samuel, June 2, 1675 ; Abigail, Oct. 3, 1679. 



Names, Marriages, and Births. 115 

Levi married Thankful Dayton, Dec. 6, 1775. They 
had Patty, Nov. 24, 1776; David, Nov. 13, 1778; Sarah, 
Feb. 26," 1781; Zeruah, Jan. 20, 1783; Levi, Jan. 20, 
1788. 

CURTISS, 

PHINEAS, married Hannah Russell, May 28, 1759. 
They had Benjamin, Abigail, Phineas. 

Phineas, jun. married Mary Chedsey, July 4, 1787. 
They had Pollv, June 12, 1788 ; Hannah, March 17, 1790: 
Russel, March" 16, 1792; Loly, Feb. 12, 1794; Asenath, 
Feb. 28, 1796; Benjamin, March 19, 1798; Major, Dec. 
20, 1800; John, April 26, 1802; Susan, Feb. 11, 1804; 
Street, 1806.t 

CRUMB, 

Samuel, married Rachel Andrews, Dec. 15, 1772. They 
had Anna, Elisabeth, Rachel, Samuel. 

DAWSON, 

ROBERT, settled at Foxon's Farms in 1683. He then 
had John, born in 1677. After this he married widow Han- 
nah Russel, and had Thomas, 1693. 

John married Sarah Chedsey, July 1, 1708, and Mercy 
Luddington, 1715. They had Timothy, April 27, 1716 ;t 
Robert, March 2, 1718 ; Anna, 1720 ;t*Titus,t John. 

Robert, married widow Thankful Grannis. They had 
Desire;! Mary, wife of Samuel Smith, Jun. ; Abigail, who 
married Timothy Way, 1765; Susan, who married David 
Downs, 1768; Huldah ; Joel, who married Sibyl Ludding- 
ton, 1787. 

John, jun. married Mary Moulthrop. They had Mary, 
Timothy, Titus, Sarah. 

Timothy married Anna Holt, Jan. 2, 1772. They had 
Holt, Thomas, Mary. 

Holt married Irene Shepard, 1793. They had Anna, 
Eliza, Polly Jennet, William, Henry. 

Thomas, married Hannah Robinson. They had Sarah, 
1723, who married Stephen Smith, 1760 ; Mary ;t Hannah, 
who married Stephen Grannis ; Lydia, who married Samuel 
Grannis ; Mary,t Joseph.t 

DAY, 

William, married Abigail Woodward, Nov. 14, 1771. 
They had Samuel, May 20, 1773; Mary, May 25, 1775, 



116 Names, Marriages, unci Births. . - 

who married George Landcraft; Joseph, Dec. 31, 1777; 
William Thomas, March 27, 1780; Abigail, 1782. ~ 

DARROW, 

Richard, married Sarah Shepard. They had Richard, 
May, 1711 ;t John, June, 1713 jf John, Oct. 24, 1716; Eb- 
mezer, 1719. 

Ebenezer, married Lydia Austin. They had Ebenezer, 
March, 1743 ;t Abigail, July 29, 1745; Jemima, Feb. 9, 
1748; Asa, May 22, 1750; Eunice, Jan. 23, 1755; Eben- 
ezer, Sept. 18, 1757; Titus, Sept. 15, 1753; Lydia, 1759.t 

DAVIDSON, 

Andrew, married Elizabeth Bradley, Dec. 15, 1774. 
They had Elizabeth, Oct. 7, 1775, who married Truman 
Russel ; John, Oct. 31, 1778; James, Sept 11, 1781 ; Abijah, 
April 23, 1784; Nancy, June 15, 1788; Jeremiah, Jan. 5, 
1791 ; Leuramah, July 28, 1793 ; Rachel, Sept. 5, 1795 ;t 
Fanny, Oct. 22, 1797; Sarah, Sept. 22, 1800. 

DAVENPORT, 

REV. JOHN, was ji son of the Mayor of Coventry, in 
England, was born 1497, and was sent to Brazennose Col- 
lege, Oxford, 1613. He began to preach when he ivas 19 
years of age. Being persecuted by Archbishop Laud, and 
other furious spirits, he came over ivith the Colony that set- 
tled at New-Haven, 1638, being about 41 years of age. He 
was the first Pastor of the first Church in New-Haven, and 
having continued about 30 years, he removed to Boston. He 
was art eminent preacher of the Gospel about 54 years. He 
died of an apoplexy, 15th March, 1670, in the 73d year of 
/us age; he left one son, John. 

John, married Abigail, a daughter of the Rev. Abraham 
Pier son, the first minister of Branford, Nov. 27, 1 663. They 
had John, June 7, 1665 ;t Elisabeth, Oct. 7, 1666, who mar- 
ried Warham Mather, 1700; Abigail, who married Rev. 
James Pierpont; John, 1670; Mary, who married Nathan- 
iel Weed, 1 694. 

Rev. John, 3d, was graduated at Cambridge College, 
1687, and was the third Pastor of the Church at Stamford, 
and died Feb. 5, 1731, in the 36th year of his ministry. He 
married Martha, the widow of John Selieck, April 8, 1693: 
her maiden name was Gould. They had John, Jan. 21, 
1695: Sarah, who married William Maltbie, 1724, and 



'Names, Marriages, and Births. HT 

Uev. Eleazar Whelock, 1735 ; Martha, July 17, 1700, who 
married Thomas Goodsell, jun. ; Theodora, Nov. 2, 1703 ; 
Deodate, Oct. 23, 1706 ; Elisabeth, Aug. 28, 1709.— 2d 
wife, widow Elisabeth Maltbie, daughter of John Morris, 
had Abraham, James. 

Deodate, married Lydia Woodward, 1730. They had 
Sarah, July 7, 1751, who married John Mix ; Martha, May 
26, 1733, who married Gould S. Silliman ; William, 1734t; 
John, 1738 ; Samuel, 1740 ; Rosewell, 1742f ; Lydia, 
1746, who married Samuel Holt. 

John, married widow Anna Pierpont, 1780, and widow 
Phebe Todd — but had no issue. 

Samuel, married Mary Street. They had Sarah, Jan. 
31, 1767, who married Ira Smith, 1784; Rosewell, April 
28, 1768; Hezekiah, Dec. 11, 1769; Mary and Martha. 
Dec. 16, 1771 — Mary married John Woodward, 1794; 
Martha married Eli Potter, 1793; Street, Jan. 28, 1775. 

Rosewell, married Esther Heminwav, 1793. They 
had John, April 5, 1794; William, "Nov. &8, 1796; Mary, 
Nancy. 

DENISON, 

JAMES, appears first on Record in 1663, when he bought 
the shore of William Andrews, in Southend Neck. He 
married Bethiah Boy kirn, Nov. 25, 1662. They had 
James, Aug. 16641; John, Nov. 1665t ; Mary, July 26, 
1668 ; Sarah, April 12, 1671, who married Joseph Sacket, 
1710; Jamest and John, Feb. 6, 1677 ; Elisabeth, Nov. 
24, 1681, who married Samuel Harrison, 1707 ; James, 
Jan. 5, 1683. 

John, married Grace Brown, daughter of John, and 
grand daughter of Francis Brown. They had Abigail, 
Nov. 13, 1705, who married Daniel Granger; Saraband 
Johnt, May 10, 1708, who married Joseph Trowbridge ; 
Elisabeth, Aug. 28, 1710, who married Samuel Thomp- 
son ; Me hitabel, Oct. 2, 1713, who married Samuel Hem- 
in way ; Mary, March 29, 1716, who married John Wood- 
ward. 

James, jun. had Jesse, James, Desire, who married 

Benjamin Smith ; Lydia, who married Jacob Goodsell, 
1755; Sibyl, Abigail; Sarah, who married Samuel Moul- 
throp ; John. 

Jesse, married Abigail Heminwav, Aug. 25, 1740. They 
had Abigail, who married Simeon Bradley, 1759. 

James, married Sarah Smith. They had Sibylt, Sarah, 

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118 Manxes, Marriages, and Births, 

Desire, who married Ephraim Chedsey ; Jesse, who married! 
Mabel Woodward — but had no issue ; Dorothyt, Abigail., 
Lydia, Jamest. 

John, married Sarah Hough, 1761, They had Chaun- 
cey, who married Sarah Grannis, 1782 ; Obedience, Sam- 
uel, Leveret, Hannah, Lois, James, Sarah, John, Jesse 
and Desire, Ephraim Hough, Zina, Ezekiel Rice. 

EGGLESTON, 
DAVID, married Elisabeth Higgins, Dec. 1,1765. They 
kad Zebra, John, Abraham. 

John, married Olive Page. They had Betsey. 

EVEUTON, 

WILLIAM, married Isabel llolbrook, Nov. 14, 1755.. 
They had Daniel, March 17, 1757; Esther, Sept. 8, 1759. 
-who 'married Addereno Forbes ; Mary, April 23, 1762, who 
married William Merriam : William, Dec. 18, 1764; Ja- 
red, May 21, 1767 ; Isabel, April 20, 1769, who married 
Enos Tamadge ; Holbrook, Feb. 5, 1772. 

FARNHAM, 
Bela, married Anna Morris, Nov. 13, 1797. They had 
Emmeline, Amos Wilcoxf, and Joseph Camp. 

FARREN, 

ZEBULON, married Desire Heminway, March 3, 1768, 
They had Jacob, Sarah, Mehitabel, who married Lot Sizer ? 
Lorinda, who married Phineas Clark; Abraham, Eli, John, 
Samuel, Major, Oct. 10, 1790. 

Jacob, married Lydia Dunham. They had James, Jo- 
sepht, Sarah, John, Lue, Sydney!", Belinda, Sydney, Jo- 
seph Dunham, Lydia Almira. 

Abraham, married widow Hannah Barnes. They had 
Eli, Anna, Zebulon. 

FIELDS, 

Ezra, married Sarah Chedsey. They had Mary, who 
married Isaac Bradley, jun. 1778 ; Lyolia, who married- 
Isaac Hotchkiss, 1775, and Chandler Pardee, 1790 ; Sa- 
rah, who married Joseph Pardee, 1783; John, Mercy, who 
married John Bray ; James, Samuel, Ezra. 

FINCH, 
DANIEL, had Daniel, April 10, 1719 ; Gideon, Feb. 



Xcunes, Marriages, and Births. ll§ 

Hi 1720 ; Ebenezer, Jan. 3, 1723 ; Elisabeth, who mar- 
ried Joshua Dudley, 1752 ; Avis, who married Aaroa 
Blakesley, 1/59 ; Anna, March 3, 1728, who married E- 
lam Luddington, 1748 ; Joseph, May 1, 1729; Damaris, 
"who married Jared Foot; Abigail, Lydia, April l, 1736. 

Daniel, married Rebekah Bartholomew, Oct. 20, 1742. 
They had Gideon, Oct. 13, 1743 ; Rebekah, Feb. 27, 1746. 

Joskph, married widow Chloe Tamadge, Sept. 16, 1755, 
They had Elam, Jonathan, Sarah, Mary, Joseph, Ichabod. 

Jonathan, married Hannah Hotchkiss. They had Mil- 
ion, Reumah, Ortont. — 2d wife, Martha Barnes. 

FORD, 

Benjamin, married Anna Slaughter. They had John- 
6)11, Feb. 6, 1783 ; Benjamin, May 1, 1785. 

FORBES, 

SAMUEL, married Mary Thompson. They had Sam- 
uel, Jehiel, Levi, Isaac, April 2, 1742 ; Sarah, who mar- 
ried Jared Potter, 1764 ; Mary, who married Charles 
Bishop, 1774. 

Samuel, .tun. married widow Elisabeth Bradley, 1782. 
They had Huldah, Samuel. 

Jehiel, married Mabel Morris, 1757. They had Eli, 
Levi, Samuel, Jehiel, Eleazar, David. 

Eli, married Rhoda Osborn. — 2d wife, widow Lois 
Smith, had Morris. — 3d wife, Eleanor Ottee ; had Betsey, 
Sarah, Almira, Eli. 

Jehiel, jun. married Huldah Bradley, 1794. They 
had William, Julia, Adeline, Mary Ann, Jane and Georget. 

Samuel, married Sylvia Rogers. They had Annat. — 
Qd wife, Leah Whiting, had Betsey, David, Alford, Sam- 
uel. 

Levi, married Sarah Tuttle. They had Anna, March 23, 
1770; Mary, Feo. 6, 1772; Sarah, May 20, 1774; Levins, 
July 8, 1776 ;t Timothy, 1778t ; Lydia, Sept. 10, 1780; 
Ame, Oct. 8, 1782; Levi, March 14, 1785 ; Bela. 

Isaac, married Hannah Heminway, May 1, 1766. They 
had Sarah, March 7, 1767, who married Jeremiah Beech- 
er ; John, Dec. 19, 1770; Isaac, April L5 t 1773; Ama- 
sa, March 19, 1778 ; Parson, March 19, 1783. 

John, married Anna Holt. — 2d wife, Ame Holt. They 
had Anson, William, Horace!, Horacet, Justin, Jared. 

Isaac, jun, married Anna Bradlev, Dec. 8, 1794. They 



120 Names, Marriages, and Births. 

had Harriet, 17961; Maryt, Henry, Mary Ann, Huldah?, 
Willet, 171 3t. 

Elias, married Abigail Shepard, Nov. 26, 1755. The}* 
had Elias, Abigail, Aaron. 

FROST, 

Allen, married Mary Walker, 1791. They had Mary, 

FULLER, 

John, married Lydia Moulthrop, March 13, 1766. They 
had Saraht, Johnt, Loist, Lvdia, Sarah, Lois. 

GOODSELL, 
THOMAS, appears on Branford records, 1679. He 
removed to Stoney River, 1692, and married Sarah Hem- 

inway, June 4, 1684. They had Samuel, Feb. 28, 1685; 
Mary, Dec. 23, 1686, who married Henry Tolles, 1728 ; 
Sarah, Sept. 14, L689 ; Lvdia, May 3, J 692, who mar- 
ried Josiah Rogers ; Deborah, Dec. 29, 1694, who married 
Samuel Chedsey ; Abigail, Oct. 4, l697t ; Abigail, Feb. 
28, 1699, who married Thomas Smith, 3d, and Caleb Ched- 
sey, jun. ; Thomas, Jan. 4, 1702; John, Dec. 21, 1705. 

Samuel, married Mary Frisbe. They had Samuel, Oct. 
30, 1710; Jonathan, June 22, 1712 ;" Isaac, March 14, 
17 15; Isabel, Sept. 9, 1717, who married Caleb Hitchcock, 
1739; Mary, Dec. 17, 1719, who married Samuel Hotch- 
kiss ; Jacob, Jul}' 22, 1722 ; Dan, June 16, 1724. 

Samuel, jun. married Mary Hotchkiss. They had Sam- 
uel, Jan. 17581 ; Mary, Feb. 13, 1740, who married Isaac 
Luddington ; Deborah, Aug. 23, 1742, who married Tho- 
mas Frisbe ; Levi, June 17, 1745, died in 1768. — 2d wife, 
widow Lydia Cooper; had Lydia, who married Benjamin 
Baldwin, 1780 ; Martha. 

Jonathan, married Elisabeth Todd. They had Elisa- 
beth, July 11, 1739, who married Jacob Bradley; Jona- 
than, Feb. 21, 1741 ; Josiah, March 27, 1742t ; Josiah, 
Dec. 1743t; Sarah, Oct. 24, 1745, who married Timothy 
Bradley ; John, 1747 ; Josiah, Jan. 22, 1750 ; Samuel, 
March/ 10, 1756. 

Jonathan, jun. Branford, married Hannah Tyler. They 
had Mary, Aug. 22, 1762; Jonathan, Feb. 21, 1764; Sim- 
eon, June 30, 1766 ; Hannah,* Aug. 24, 1768 ; Josiah, 
Aug. 12, 1775 ; Sarah, March 17, 1778. 

Jonathan, 3d, Branford, married Loruhamah Bradley, 



Names, Marriages, and Births. 121 

Oct. 17, 1791. The j had Jeremiaht, Mary, Charles, Den- 
nis and Danat, Dana, Grace. 

John, married Abigail Chedsey, 1773. They had E- 
lisabeth, Aug. 21, 1774, who married Zebulon Bradley, 
1794 ; John, Nov. 6, 1777. 

Isaac, married Elisabeth Penfield, 1737. They had I- 
saac, Jan 16, 1738 ; Hannah, Feb. 31, 1740, who married 
Matthew Man, 1763 ; Penfield, July 2, 1742 ; Abigail, 
Oct. 29, 1744 ; Thomas, Nov. 30, 1746; Samuel, April 
4, 1749 ; Timothy, Feb. 25, 1752 ; Elisabeth, Sept. 15, 
1754; Mary, Dec. 6, 1757 ; Saxto, July 5, 1760; Jacob, 
Feb. 17, 1763. 

Penfield, married Hannah Thompson, April 19, 1765. 
They had Hannah, who married Caleb Todd, 1784; Elisa- 
beth." 

Samuel, married Abigail Goodrich, 1775. They had 
Ira, Abigail, Major, William, Penfield, Irene, Betsey, El- 
virat. 

Jacob, married Sarah Beckley, 1746. They had Han- 
nah, Oct. 22, 1746, who married Abraham Chedsey, jun. 
1766 ; John. — 2d wife, Lydia Denison, 1755 ; had Sarah, who 
married Jared Bishop ; Lydia, who married Amos Rice ; 
Bethia, May ), 1764, who married James Baldwin. 

John, married Abigail Chedsey, 1776. They had Sarah, 
who married Jared Luddington ; Jacob, Jared, Lydia, Irene, 
Hannah, JohfC 

Dan, married Abigail Moulthrop, June 30, 1748. They 
had Edward, May 8, 1749 ; Amos, July 6, 1751 ; Dan, 
March 28, 1754; Isabel, Nov. 5, 1757, who married John 
Wise, 1781 ; Abigail, April 21, 1761, who married Ben- 
jamin Barnes, 1781 ; Levi, April 7, 1764 ; Anna, March 
22, 1767, who married John Shepard, 1789 ; A most, Dan 
married Desire Potter ; Levi married Eunice Gilbert. 

Edward, married Lucy Luddington, 1770. They had 
Jesse, May 21, 1771 ; Mary, Sept. 6, 1772, who married 
Morris Scott, 1792 ; Mehitabel, March 20, 1774, who 
married Russel Lanfear ; Ame, Feb. 7, 1776, who married 
Joseph Holt, jun. 1797 ; Amos, Aug. 9, 1780. 

Thomas, married Martha Davenport, Oct. 6, 1731. They 
had Sarah, who married Jeremiah Woolcot. 

GRANGER, 

Daniel, married Abigail Denison. They had Abigail, 
who married Daniel Whedon ; Sarah, who married Eli Tul- 

11* 



122 Names, Marriages, and Births. 

lar, 1760; Denison ; Mary, who married Joseph Tuttle, 
1761 ; Thaddeus, Oct. 24, 1745.— 2d wife, Sarah Per- 
kins ; had Daniel, Aug. 28, 1756 ; Thomas, Lemuel. 

GRANNIS, 

Joseph, was the son of Edward, North-Haven, and was 
born March 12, 1677, and married Hannah, daughter of 
John Russet, Nov. 3, 1702. They had Joseph, William, 
Russel, Thomas, Stephen, Isaac, Sarah, who married Mat- 
thew Moulthrop 4th ; Anna, who married Ashur Moul- 
throp ; Mabel, wife of Ebeuezer Bradley ; Hannah, who 
married Samuel Chedsey, jun. 

Joseph, jun. married Bathsheba Tl>ompson, 1728. They 
had Desiret. — He was lost at sea. 

William, married Thankful Allen. They had Wil- 
liam, Thankful, who married Benjamin Moulthrop, 1761 ; 
Desire, who married Aaron Page. 

William, jun. married Sarah Grannis. They had Sa- 
rah, who married Chauncey Denison, 1760 ; Sibyl, who 
married Elihu Bradley ; Anna, Robert, Levi, Aaron, Gur- 
don, Thomas, Mehitabel, Thankful. 

Russel, married Lydia Forbes. They had Russel, Sam- 
uel, Stephen, died at sea ; David, 

Russel, jun. married Lucy Luddington. They had Na- 
thaniel, Mary, who married John Hughes, 1778 ; Lucy, 
who married Daniel Hughes ; Lois, who married Chandler 
Robinson, 1781 ; Russel, Abigail, Lydia, who married 
Charles Wedmore, 1786. 

Nathaniel, married Martha Smith, 1777. They had 
Stephen, Abigail, Martha, Nathaniel, Russelt, Lydia, Lois, 
Elisabeth. 

Russel, 3d, married Mary Bradley, May 28, 1789. 
They had Levi, Lucy, Alva, Mary, Russelt, Anson, Syl- 
via, Bradley, Davidt. 

Samuel, married Lydia Dawson. They had Samuel, 
X^ydia, who married Joseph Smith and Josiah Moulthrop ; 
Russel. 

David, married Mary Shepard, Dec. 9, 1762. They 
had Mary, who married Giles Eaton ; Huldah, who mar- 
ried Levi Barnes ; Lydiat ; Lydia, who married Amma 
Bradley; Sarah, who married Elihu Webster; Mabel, who 
married Hiel Burr ; Asenath, who married Asahel Brad- 
ley, 2d ; Elisabeth, who married Francis Burrass ; Davidt. 

Thomas, married Mehitabel Thompson. They had Sa- 



Names, Marriages, and Births. 123 

rah, who married William Gracilis, jun. ; Abigail, who 
married Joseph Russel, 1764 ; Joseph, Jemima, who married 
Isaac Moulthrop, 1761 ; Mehitabel, who married James 
Chedsey, 1769; Thomas, died at sea ; Hannah, who mar- 
ried Abraham Barnes, 1776 ; Samuel, died at sea. 

Joseph, married Olive Luddington. They had Elihu, 
Samuel, Joseph, Thomas, Olive, who married Ebenezer 
Holt ; Ame. 

Elihu, married Polly Bunnel. They had Pollyt, Olive, 
Polly, Eunice, Sarah, Ame, Wealthy. 

Samuel, married Sarah Chedsey. They had Joseph, 
July, 24, 1791 ; Nancy, Betsey, Olive, Harriet, Thomas. 

Stephen, married Hannah Dawson. They had Joel, 
Stephen, Jacob, Mabel, Lydia, Jerusha. 

Isaac, married Keziah Moulthrop. They had Elisabeth, 
Oct. 22, 1741, who married Ebenezer Chedsey, 1761. 
Ame, Aug. 11, 1744, who married Stephen Shepard, 1765; 
Didamea, Jan. SO, 1748, who married Samuel Smith, jun. 
1773; Isaac; Jared, Aug. 1756 ; Loruhamah, who mar- 
ried Joseph Moulthrop, 1774. 

Isaac, jun. married Mary Luddington. They had Sa- 
rah, who married Stephen Shepard, jun. ; Mary. 

Jared, married Martha Luddington. They had Isaacf , 
Ame, Jared, 2 Infantsf. — 2d wife, Eunice Munson, had 
Horace, Louisa, Mary Ann, John, Frederic, Isaac. 

GREGSON, 
THOMAS, was a principal man in the Colony at New- 
Haven, and the first white settler in East-Haven, His set- 
tlement was made at Solitary Cove ; he was lost at sea n 
1647. — Jane, his widoiv, lived to a great age. They had 
Richard and Mary, who resided in London ; Anna, who 
married Stephen Daniels ; Susan, who married Crit- 
tenden ; Sarah, who married Whitehead ; Phebe, who 

married Rev. John Whiting; and three more daughters. 

HEM IN WAY. 

The name Heminway, in East-Haven, is Hf.menway, 
and Hemmenway in Massachusetts. But in England it is 
IIemmingway, which is the original and real name. It was 
probably altered to make it shorter. English names of per- 
sons and places generally, have the consonant doubled at 
the end and beginning of a syllable hi the middle of the 



i£4 Names, Marriages, and Births. 

word. And in— -is followed with g, as ivill appear from 
the following examples : 

Cottingham ; Collingham ; Corringham ; Coddington ; 
Cossington ; Deddington ; Doddinghurst ; Nottingham ; 
Lullington ; Hemmingburgh ; Pennington ; Warrington; 
Waddington ; Collingwood ; Harrington ; Luddington ; Bir- 
mingham ; Watlingstreet ; Darklington ; Walsingham ; 
Abingdon ; Eckingham ; Darking ; Epping ; Wiggington ; 
Odingsell ; Edlinghall ; Bevington. The same is true of a 
multitude of other words in the English language. 

SAMUEL, married Sarah Cooper, 1662/ They had Sa- 
rah, July 26, 1663, who married Thomas Goodseil, 1684; 
Samuel, Dec. 13, 1665 ; Mary, July 5, 1668 ; Hannah, 
Sept. 14, 1670, who married John Howe, jun. ; Abigail, 
Feb. 16, 1672, who married Joseph Holt, 1706 ; John, May 
29, 1675 ; Abraham, Dec. 3, 1677 ; Isaact and Jacob, 
Dec. 6, 1683. 

John, married Mary Morris, 1703. They had Mehita- 
bel, May 30, 1702, who married Daniel Bradley ; Mary, 
April 28, 1704, who married Samuel Russel and Samuel 
Smith ; Desire, March 2, 1707, who married Moses Thomp- 
son ; Hannah, Dec. 11, 1709, who married Samuel Thomp- 
son ; Samuel, March 12, 1713 ; John, Oct. 7, 174-5. 

Samuel, married Mehitabel Denison. They had Mary, 
May 13, 1734, who married Jacob Pardee ; Jacob, April 
19, 1737 ; Samuel, Jan. 1739t ; Desire, who married Zebu- 
Ion Farren, 1768 ; Mehitabel, March 18, 1745, who mar- 
ried Dan Bradley, 1767; Samuel, May 9, 1748; Eli, Sept. 
2, 1753; Sarah, May 18, 1758, who married Enos Hemin- 
way, 1777. 

Samuel, jun. married Hannah Morris. They had Ste- 
phen, Eleazar, Esther, who married Rosewell Davenport, 
1793 ; Samuel. — 2d wife, widow Sarah Bradley, 1787 ; 
had Jacob, Augustus. 

Stephen, married Esther Bradley, Feb. 21, 1791. They 
had Hannah, April 25, 1792 ; Morris, Sept. 2, 1796.— 
2d wife, Mary Andrews ; had Esther, John, Mary, Al- 
ford and Albert, Harriet, Erastus, Jennet, Almira. 

Eleazar, married Mary Woodward, June 22, 1794. — 
2d wife, Desire Bradley ; had Polly, Sarah, Emily, Oscar 
Morris, Eliza, Samuel, Eleazar, Abijah, Mehitabel, Mary, 
Edward. 

John, jun. married Mary Tuttle, Nov. 9, 1738. They 
had John, Aug. 6, 1739 ; Joseph, June 6, 1741t ; Ame. 



Aames, Marriages, and Births. 125 

May 25, 1743, who married Abraham Bradley ; Joseph, 
March 14, 1745 ; Hannah, Feb. 14, 1747, who married 
Isaac Forbes, 1766 ; Jared, May 17, 1749 ; Moses, Aug. 
14, 1751 ; Joel, May 21, 1754 ; Mary, Sept. 1, 1755, who 
married Ezekiel Hayes ; Lydia, May 22, 1759, who mar- 
ried Jacob Pardee, jun. 1777. 

John, 3d, married Jemima Hitchcock, Aug. 25, 1761. 
They had John. 

John, 4th, married Hannah Thompson, 1797. They 
had Harriet, Laura 1 , Merit, Johnt, Maria. — 2d wife, wid- 
ow Abigail Holt, 1806; had John, Orilla, William. 

Joseph, married Elisabeth Woodward, Dec. 21, 1769. 
They had Abiud, Rosewellt, Jared, Haynes, Ruelt, Elisa- 
betht. — 2d wife, widow Abigail Thompson, April 19, 
1786 ; had Thompson and Josepht, Sarah. 

Jared, married Huldah Woodward, June 9, 1774. No 
issue. 

Moses, married Martha Tyler, 1776. They had James, 
June 12, 1777 ; Mary, May, 1779t; Chandler, Nov. 17, 
1783 ; Eben Tyler, 1785t ; Harvey, June 1, 1788; Eben 
Tyler, Dec. 18, 1791 ; John, Joelt. 

James, married Elisabeth Bradley. They had Polly, 
Oct. 8, 1798; Josiah, June 10, 1801+ ; Samuel, Sept. 6, 
1803 ; Hiram, Dec. 5, l805t ; James. 

Abraham, by his first wife had Sarah, who married Enos 
Potter. — 2d wife, Sarah Tanadge, Nov. 11, 1713; had 
Abraham, Jan. 1715t; Elisabeth, Oct. 3, 1716, who mar- 
ried Zebulon Bradley ; Abigail, March 17, 1719, who 
married Jesse Denison, 1740; Isaac, Feb. 172lt; Anna, 
Feb. 1723r; Hannah, Oct. 22, 1724, who married Isaac 
Bradley; Abraham, April 1, 1727. 

Ahraham, jun. married Mercy Tuttle, April 24, 1746. 
They had Isaac, Feb. 1747t ; Sarah, Feb. 17, *749, who 
married Jacob Eaton, 1769 ; Abraham, April 10, 1751; 
Abigail, May 17, 1753, who married Nathaniel Barnes, 
jun. 1777 TEnos, Sept. 17, 1755; Mercy, July 5, 1757, 
who married Daniel Smith ; Elisabeth, May 1, 1760, who 
married Leavit Pardee, 1782; Isaac, May 3, 1762; Jacob, 
Nov. 1764. 

Abraham, 3d, married Anna Smith, Aug. 11, 1771. 
They had Sarah, Polly, Anna, Eliza, Abraham, Isaac, Ja- 
cob, Laban. 

Enos, married Sarah HeminWay, April 23, 1 777* They 
had Samuel, April 25, 1778; Sarah, Sept. 17, 1780; Be{ 



126 Names, Marriages, and Births. 

sey, Oct. 25, 1782 ; Nancy, May 7, 1785t ; Anson, ©ct 
10, 1787t ; Willet, 29th, and Wyllys,30th Jan. 1791. 

Isaac, married Eunice Beecher. They had Charlottet, 
Susan, Eunice, Polly, Isaac, Twins, Charlotte, Abraham. 

Jacob, married Abigail Lindsley, Dec. 23, 1784. They 
had Lucretia, Nancy, Jacob Street, Lavina, Mercy, Polly, 
Eunecia, Abraham, Caroline. 

Rev. Jacob, married Lydia Ball, May 3, 1712. They 
v had Lydia, 1715, who married Hezekiah Pierpont, 1737. 

HICKOX, 

Darius, married Lucinda Street, Sept. 3, 1779. They 
had Darius. 

HIGGINS, 

John, son of John Higgins of Westchester, New-York, 
was brought to East-Haven, when a boy, and put under the 
care of Daniel Bradley. He married Elisabeth Auger. 
They had Timothy, Jan. 30, 1734; Isaac, Oct. 5, 1740; 
John, March 10, 1743 ; Elisabeth, May 13, 1746, who 
married David Eggleston, 1765 ; Abraham, Feb. 26, 1748. 

HITCHCOCK, 

MATTHIAS, signed the plantation Covenant at New- 
Haven, 1639, and was one of -the purchasers of Southend 
Neck. He had Eliakim, Nathaniel, John, Elisabeth, June 
4, 1651. 

Eliakim, married Sarah Merrick, (of Springfield,) Nov. 
4, 1667. They had John, Aug. l668t ; Sarah, Oct. 16, 
1669, who married Jacob Robinson ; Hannah, March 19, 
1672; Thomas, J 674 ; Samuel, March 7, 1678 ; Eliakim, 
Oct. 2, 1680; John, Nov. 1, 1683 ; Joseph, July 23, 1686. 

Samuel, had Thomas, Samuel. 

Eliakim, jun. had Eliakim, Thomas. 

Nathaniel, married Elisabeth Moss, Jan. 8, 1670. They 
had Elisabeth, March 17, 1672; Nathaniel, July 28, 1678 ; 
Abiah, Oct. 26, 1680, who married Samuel Peck, 1703 ; 
John, Jan. 28, 1685 ; Ebenezer, April 9, 1689; Mary, 
July 20, 1692, who married Samuel Clark, 1718. 

Na > haniel, jun. married Rebekah Morris. They had 
James, Dec. 5, 1703 ; Nathaniel, Dec. 16, 1705 ; Daniel, 
April 17, 1708 ; Caleb, Sept. 2, 1712 ; Benjamin, Aug. 
22, 1715; Rebekah, March 28, 1718, who man led Daniel 
Leak; Elisabeth, Aug. 10, 1721, who married Daniel Au- 
ger ; Stephen, July 6, 1724, 



Names, Marriages, and Births. 127 

James, married Elisabeth Ray. They had James. 

James, jun. married Phebe Leak, Oct. 1753. They had 
Mary, Phebe, Jamesf, Elisabeth. 

Nathaniel, 3d, married Elisabeth Mansfield, Feb. 14, 
1728. They had Nathaniel, Dec. 7, 1728 ; Lydia, Dec. 
7, 1730; Lois, Aug. 28, 1732 ; Hannah, Dec. 6, 1733; 
Eunice, Mary, Sarah, Daniel, Amos, Joel, Zachariah. - 

Daniel, married Abigail Chedsey, March 12, 1729. 
They had Jemima, March 3, 1730t ; Abigail, April 25, 
1734, who married Joshua Austin ; Levi, Jan. I739t ; 
Comfort, Aug. 9, 1742, who married Josiah Bradley, 1764; 
Jemima, Dec. 17, 1744, who married John Heminway, 
176l ; Anna, Sept. 24, 1746, who married Dan Holt, 1765. 

Caleb, married Isabel Goodsell. They had Jacob, July 
4, 1739; Samuel, 1741; Caleb, March's, 1749; Isabel, 
May 3, 1751. 

Jacob, married Phebe Ives, Oct. 9, 1760. They had 
Abigail!, Jacobf, Enocht, Phebe, Abigail, Jacob, Caleb. 

Benjamin, married Rice. They had Benjamin, Abi- 
gail. 

Stephen, married Sarah Leak, Feb. 9> 1749. They had 
Rebekah, Dec. 3, 1749; Levi, July 30, 175 it ; Sarah, Le- 
vi,Abigail, Rhoda, Daniel, Stephen, Deborah, Mary Arana. 

John, whether the son of Eliakhn or Nathaniel I cannot 
determine, married Mary Thompson, March 4, 1708. — 2d 
wife, Abiah Basset, If 11 y had Mary, March 6, 1712 ; 
Samuel, Nov. 5, 1713 ; Abiah, Aug. 6, 1715 ; Joseph, 
Feb. 13, 1717; Thankful, Feb. 9, 1719; Sarah, Feb. 13, 
1721; Abigail, Sept. 2, 1722; Amos, June 12, 1724. 

Ebenezer, married Anna Perkins, 1711. They had 
Timothy, Aug. 20, 1713. 

EDWARD, married Frances . They had John, 

Samuel. 

HOLT, 

WILLIAM, New-Haven, married Sarah . They 

had John, 1645 ; Nathaniel, 1647; Mercy, 1649 ; Eleazar, 
April 5, 1651 ; Thomas, July 3, 1653 ; Joseph, April 2, 
1655; Benjamin, Jan. 6, 1658. 

John, married Elisabeth Thomas. They had Elisabeth, 
Sept 23, 1674 ; John, March 23, 1679 ; Joseph, June 22, 
1680 ; Daniel, March 30, 1689. 

Joseph, married Abigail Heminway. They had John, 
Aug. 2, 1706; Joseph, Oct. 20, 1708, lost at sea ; Daniel, 
Sept. 6, 1711 ; Samuel, July 30, 1713; Abigail, Aug. 4, 



1 28 Xames, Marriages, and Births, 

1716, who married John Howel and Nathaniel Barnes ', 
Elisabeth, April 21, 1718 ; Isaac. 

Daniel, married Anna Smith. They had Abigail, Nov. 
22, 1736, who married John Moulthrop and Samuel She- 
pard; Anna, March 27, 1741t; Dan, Oct. 18, 1744; Da- 
vid, Oct. 175 It ; Anna, March 14, 1752, who married 
Timothy Dawson, 1772. 

Dan/ married Anna Hitchcock, Dec. 5, 1765. They had 
Daniel, July 5, 1767 ; Sarah, Nov. 25, 1769, who mar- 
ried Samuel Thompson, 1786 ; Lydia, Aug. 25, 1770, who 
married Jesse Bradley, 1788; Heminway, Feb. 26, 1772; 
Anna, May 16, 1773, who married John Forbes, 1793 ; 
Philemon, July '21, 1775; Ame, Feb. 26, 1778, who mar- 
ried John Forbes ; Lois, Feb. 19, 1780, who married Ho- 
ratio G. Street ; Betsey, Oct. 2, 1781, who married Sam- 
uel Chedsey ; Jared, Feb. 3, 1783 ; Abi, Feb. 9, 1788, 
who married Jared Goodsell ; Abigail, Jan. 23, 1789. 

Daniel, married Hannah Holt, Jan. 12, 1789. They 
had Daniel, Jared, Hiram, Hannah, Belinda. 

Heminway, married Lorinda Bradley, Dec. 2, 1795. 
They had Merit, Sarah, Willet, Jared, Lorinda, Anna, 
Heminway. 

Samuel, married Mercy Austin, Oct. 13, 1737. The? 
had Joseph, Aug. 8, 1738 ; Samuel, March 24, 1741t; 
Samuel, Nov. 10, 1743 ; Thomas, March 12, 1748t. 

Joseph, married Hannah Blakesley. They had Mercy, 
Jan. 6, 1760, who married Hezekiah Todd, 1783; Ebene- 
zer, July 6, 1762; Hannah, Aug. 17, 1767, who married 
Daniel Holt, 1789; Joseph, June 5, 1773. 

Ebenezer, married Olive Granniss. They had Phile- 
mon, Abigail, Joseph, Elisabeth. 

Joseph, .tun. married Ame Goodsell. They had Laban, 
Lucretia, Nancy, Edward, Mary. 

Samuel, jun. married Mary Rowe, Oct. 10, 1765. They 
had Elisabeth!, Samuel, Mary, who married Joseph Bishop. 
— 2d wife, Lydia Davenport. — 3d wife, widow Ann Mar- 
tin. 

Samuel, 3d, married Abigail Bradley, May 12, 1796. 
They had Alford, Jeremiah, Mary. 

Isaac, married Mary Morris. They had Isaac, Jan. 1, 
1743; Desire, Dec. 10, 1744; Mary, July 24, 1747; Ja- 
cob, Jan. 13, 1750; Eleazar, Aug. 1, 1752; Nicholas, Oct. 
4, 1755 ; Lois, Jan. 14, 1758, 



Names, Marriages, and Births. 129 

HOLBROOK, 
Daniel, married Priscilla Collins. They had Lydia, 
Dec. 25, 1729, who married Jonah Atwater ; Mabel, Oct. 
22, 1731, who married Joseph Bishop, 1750; Isabel, Sept. 
10, 1734, who married William Everton, 1755; Abigail. 
June 3, 1737, who married Timothy Cooper, 17G6 ; Da- 
vid, Dec. 15, I739f; Daniel, Nov. 12, 1742t— These two 
were drowned together. Hannah, Jan. 23, 1745, who mar- 
ried Jonathan Woodin, 1764. 

HOTCHKISS, 

SAMUEL, married Sarah Tamadge, 1678. They had 
Mary, Jan. 1, 1679; Sarah, April 7, 1681 ; Samuel/March 
6, 1683; James, Dec. 8, 1684; Abigail, Feb. 12, 1686. 

Samuel, jun. married Sarah Bradley, Jan. 10, 1705. 
They had James, Feb. 1707t. — 2d wife, Hannah Russel, 
had James, March, 171 It ; Sarah, March 12, 1712; Sam- 
uel, Jan. 5, 1715 ; Mary, March 5, 1718, who married 
Samuel Goodsell, jun. ; Abigail, Feb. 27, 1721, who mar- 
ried Nathaniel Barnes ; Joseph, Feb. 15, 1725; James, 
Jan. 1728t; Enos, May 13, 1731. 

Samuel, 3d, married Mary Goodsell, 1744. They had 
Samuelt, Mary, Sarah, Samuel, Ebenezer, Hannah, Anna. 

Joseph, married Esther Russel. They had Abigail, May 
6, 1748, who married Benjamin Bishop, 1769 ; Mary, June 
24, 1750, who married Elihu Moulthrop ; Sarah, 1752t; 
Isaac, Dec. 30, 1754 ; Joseph, July 31, 1756 ; Esther, 
April 13, 1759, who married John Rowe, 1778 ; Samuel, 
Aug. 26, 1763 ; Heman, July 1, 1767 ; Asaph, Oct. 7- 
1767; Gideon, Dec. 25, 1769. 

Isaac, married Lydia Fields, Dec. 4, 1775. They had 
Lydia, Dec. 12, 1776, who married Titus Sanford, 1795; 
Betsev, May 2, 1779, who married Samuel Tuttie, jun. ; 
Sarah^ March 19, 1781 ; Lois, Aug. 26, 1783. 

Joseph, jun. married Temperance Andrews. They had 
Anna, Sept. 22, 1780; Lyman, March 20, 1784; Esther, 
June 28, 1787 ; Orilla, April 14, 1791 ; Polly, May 15, 
1793; Huldah, Oct. 11, 1798. 

Heman, married Elisabeth Rowe, 1793. They had Har- 
riet, Horace, Samuel Russel. 

Asaph, married Hannah Russel, 1788. They had Elisa- 
beth, Gideon, Polly, Lorinda, Asaph, Esther. 

Enos, married Elisabeth Shepard. They had'Enos, Jan 

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130 Names, Marriages, and Births. 

25, 1757t ; Enos, Stephen ; Hannah, who married Jonathan- 
Finch ; Samuel, April 25, 1778, 

HODGE, 

Thomas, married Jane Moulthrop. They had Lydia,. 
Aug. 12, 1718 ; James, April 17, 1720 ; Hannah, Sept 
21, 1722; Job, April 24, 1726; Keziah, Aug. 12, 1729, 
Abel, March 8, 1731. 

KOWEL, 

John, married Abigail Holt, 1732. They had Joseph, 
Nov. 7, 1734t; Henry, April 10, 1736 ; Desire, July 29* 
17381; Samuel, Nov. 29, 1741 ; Joseph, Jan 8, 1744. 

HOWE, 

Jeremiah, appears on record, New-Haven, 1654, and 
had a son John. 

Zachariah, had John, Dec. 21, 1667. 

John, jun. married Hannah Heminway. They had Han- 
nah, Feb. 9, 1693, who married Thomas Robinson ; Sarah, 
Nov. l695t ; Elisabeth, Dec. 19, 1702, who married Isaac 
Penfieid ; Isaac, Feb. 18, 1706 ; Abigail, June 3, 1709, 

who married ■ Bishoop ; Lydia, Dec. 171 if ; Mary, 

1713, who married Stephen Pardee ; John, Dec. 24, 1714 ; 
Lydia, March 8, 1717, who married Dan Moulthrop ; Nao- 
mif and Bathsheba, April 20, 1720. 

Isaac, married Thankful Rogers. They had Thankful, 
Dec. 17311 ; John, May 22, 1734 ; Hannaht, Elisabeth, 
Saraht ; Isaac and Andrew and William, died at sea ; 
Joshua, Samuel, John, was killed at Fort Hale, [f These 
died of consumption.'] 

HUGHES, 

HENRY FREEMAN, married Lydia Tuttle, Juiy 19, 
1749. They had Henry, July 7, 1751 ; Freeman, John, 
Abigail, who married Stephen Rowe, 1781 ; Daniel, June 
17, 1759. 

Freeman, married Mary Richards, Nov. 24, 1774. They 
had Mary, Hannah. 

John, married Mary Grannis, Oct. 10, 1778. They had 
Lydia, Aug. 17, 1779 ; Lois, Sept. 12, 1782 ; Russel, 
Nov. 6, 1784 ; Huldah, Nov. 25, 1787 ; Polly, June 20, 
1789; Henry, Johnt, Abigail. 

Daniel, married Lue Grannis. They had Sarah Rose- 
well, Danielt. — 2d wife, Sarah Atwater, had Aaron Atwa- 
ter, Jan. 20, 1797- 



Names, Marriages, and Births. 131 

Bordwell, married Mercy Collins, 1763. They had 
Rebekaht, Anna Collins, Rebekah, Israel, Joseph. 

Collins, married Abigail Bradley, Jan. 2, 1790. They 
had Huldah, June 18, 1793 ; Nancy, May 11, 1796; Col- 
lins, Jan. 24, 1798t ; Sarah Bradley, June 28, I801t ; Su- 
san, Johnt. 

HUNT, 

John, married Elisabeth Tomline. They came from 
London, and had Frederic William, Dec. 16, 1772t; John, 
April 10, 1775 ; Grace, May 20, 1776 ; Ann Maria, Dec. 
5, 1777; Sarah, Dec. 16, 1779t; Emily, Dec. 18, 1780; 
William Henry, Sept. 13, 1782 ; Elisabeth, Sept. 14, 
1783 ; James Richard, March 29, 1785 ; Woodward Her- 
vey, Jan. 19, 1787t; Charles Augustus, May 27, 1789t; 
Sarah, Nov. 10, 1790t ; Samael Bradley Horatio, Dec. 4, 
1792. 

JOCELIN, 

NATHANIEL, married Abigail Abbot, March 15, 1720, 
They had Nathaniel, Dec. 19, 1721 ; Abraham, Sept. 29, 
1723 ; Abigail, July 23, 1725, who married Nathaniel Por- 
ter; Joseph, Jan. 31, 1726 ; Anner, July 29, 1729, who 
married Elijah Atwood ; Mary, 1731, who married Elijah 
Skinner; John, May 22, 1723; Thomas; Thankful, who 

married Gibson ; Rebekah, who married John Porter ; 

Anna, who married Jonathan Hastings ; Sarah, Nov. 5, 
1746, who married George Lancraft. 

Nathaniel, jun* married Ann Wadsworth. They had 
Amaziah, Sept. 1, 1744 : Simeon, Oct. 22, 1746. 

KING, 

George, married Patience Conklin, Dec. 27, 1756. 
They had John, Oct. 12, 1760; George, Edward. 

George, jun. married Elisabeth Tuttle, May 30, 1776. 
They had Elisabeth, Sept. 14, 1785; Patiencet, Rebekaht, 
John, Oct. 12, 1780. 

LANCRAFT, 

George, married Sarah Jocelin, Feb. 6, 1776. They 
had. Mary, who married Joseph Hill; George, Nathaniel, 
Infantt, Abigail, who married John St. John ; Josepht, Sim- 
eon, Thomas, Joseph, Amaziah. 

George, jun. married Mary Day. They had Sarah, Na- 
thaniel, William, Maria, Almira, Abigail, Lucius. 



132 Names, Marriages, and Births. 

LANFEAR, 

Russel, married Mehitabel Goodsell. They had Sarah 
Amanda, Jul y 2, 1796; Mary Ann, Joseph, Russel, Hor- 
ace, Nancy, Luezer, George. 

LARKINS, 

Joshua, married Jerusha Blackman. They had Lemuel, 
Sarah, Betsey, Nancy, Martha, Samuel, Eunice, Jerusha, 
John, Lydia, Polly. 

LINDSLEY, 

Samuel, married Jane Graham. They had William. 
Henry, Samuel, Robert, Jane Freelandt, Chariest, Jane 
Freelantl, Charles, Lucius, Sarah. 

LUDDINGTON, 

WILLIAM, died at the Ironworks., 1662, and his ivid- 
ow married George Rose. He had William ; Henry, died 
in 1676 ; Hannah, John, Thomas ; a daughter. ' 

William, jun. married Martha Rose. They had Henry, 

Eleanor, who married Baley ; William, Sept. 25, 1686. 

— 2d wife, Mercy Whitehead, 1690. Previous to their 
marriage, it was stipulated by a written Covenant, that the 
first child which she might have, should be made equal in 
heirship with his first child, which he had by his first wife; 
he being entitled to a double share : and that her other chil- 
dren should be made equal to his other children. They had 
Mercy, May 31, 1691, who married John Dawson, 1715; 
Hannah, March 13, 1693 ; John, Jan. 31, 1694 ; Elipha- 
iet, April 28, 1697; Elisabeth, I699t ; Dorothy, July 16, 
1702, who married Benjamin Mallory ; Dorcas, July 16 3 
1704, who married James Way. 

Henry, married Sarah Collins, 1700. They had Daniel, 
June 21, 1701 ; William, Sept. 6, 1702 ; Sarah, Feb. 1703t; 
Dinah, Jan. 16, 1704, who married Isaac Thorpe; Lydia, 
Feb. 9, 1707, who married Moses Thorpe; Nathaniel, A- 
pril 2, 1708; Moses, Oct, 8, 1709; Aaron, Jan. 6, 1710, 
died at sea; Elisha, Aug. I712t ; Elisha, Jan. 7, 1716; Sa- 
rah, March 6, 1714, who married Daniel Mead; Thomas 
was drowned. 

Daniel, married Hannah Payne, 1726. Thev had Dan- 
iel, Feb. 1727f ; Ezra, Dec. 21, 1728; Solomon, Nov. 5, 
1.732 ; Hannah, Nov. 4, 1731. — 2d wife, Susan Clark 



Names, Marriages , and Births. 133 

1741 ; had Phebe, Nov. 19, 1742 ; Daniel, May 9, 1744; 
Titus, Sept. 13, 1747 ; Collinst, Collins, Johnt, John. 

William, (of Henry,) married Mary Knowles, 1730. 
They had Submit, Feb. 10, 1733 ; Mary, May 20, 1736 ; 
Henry, May' 25, 1739, who married Sarah Luddington ; 
Lyjiia, July 25, 1741, who married Aaron Buckley, 1761 ; 
Samuel, April 30, 1744 ; Rebekah, May, 1747t ; Anna, 
June, 1750t; Stephen, Oct. 18, 1753. — This family lived 
in Branford, and their house ivas burnt in the night of the 
9,0th May, 1754, and Rebekah and Anna were burnt in 
it. 

Nathaniel, married widow Mary Chedsey. They had 
Lucy, who married Russel Grannis. — 2d wife, widow Eu- 
nice Smith ; had Eunice, who married Matthew Rowe ; 
Nathaniel, Mary. 

William, (of William, jun.) married Anna Hodge, 
March 1, 1711. They had Matthew, April 23, 1712; 
Ruth, June 7, 1713; Naomi, Dec. 15, 1716 ; Elisabeth, 
Feb. 9, 1720; Abraham, Nov. 30, 1721; Samuel, Aug. 10, 
1723; Joseph, April 3, 1726. 

Matthew, married Lydia Smith. They had Joseph ; 
Mabel, who married Isaac Mallory ; Timothy ; Samuel, 
who married Desire Barnes, 1787, no children. 

John, (of William, jun.) married Elisabeth Potter. Thev 
had John, Jan. 26, 1723; Jude, July 23, 1725; Elisabetli, 
who married John Rose. 

Jude, married Mary . They had Elisabeth, March, 

1763. 

Eliphalet, married Abigail Collins. They had Jesse, 
Isaac, Amos ; Asa, died in the French war ; Mary, who 
married Amos Frisbe ; Olive, who married Joseph Grannis ; 
Amef, Hannaht ; Abigail, who married Enos Barnes. 

Jesse, married Mehitabel Smith. They had Lydia, who 
married Edward Goodsell and Thomas Shepard ; Elam, Eli- 
phalet, Jesse ; Mehitabel, who married Stephen Bradley, 
jun. ; Abigail, who married Christopher Tuttle ; Amos. 

Elam, married Rachel Tuttle, 1774. They had John, 
May, 1775; ; Elam, Nov. 2, 1777; Rachel, Sept. 4, 1780; 
Mehitabel, April 21, 1783 ; Naomi Smith, March 3, 1787. 

Eliphalet, married Sarah Potter, June 9, 1777. They 
had Jairus, Sarah, Eunice and Lois, Eliphalet. 

Jesse, jun. married Thankful Chedsey, 1779. They had 
Betsey, March 22, 1780 ; Caleb Chedsey, Aug. 22, 1790 ; 

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134 Names, Marriages, and Births. 

hue, July 22, 1794 ; Justin, Aug. 22, 1796 ; and five died 
young.— 2d wife, Sarah Moulthrop ; had Roxana, Wyllys, 
Sarah, Nancy, Lewis. 

Amos, married Huldah Chedsey, Feb. 2, 1791. They 
had Huldah t, Fanny, Polly, Amos, Levi, Sarah, Jesse, 
Almira, Elam, Mehitabel, Huldah. 

Isaac, married Mary Goodsell. They had Appeline ; 
Mary, who married Isaac Grannis, jun. and Seth Barnes ; 
Martha, who married Jared Grannis ; Isaac, Asa ; Sarah, 
who married Joseph Howd ; Anna, who married Jacob 
Hitchcock; Jared, married Sarah Goodsell, 1798 ; Ame. 

Jsaac, jun. married Sarah Frisbe. They had Polly, Har- 
riet, Levi, Almira, William, Isaac and Sarah, Asa. 

Asa, married Betsey Luddington, 1799. They had Ja- 
redf, Henryt, Eliza, Lorinda, Betsey. 

Amos, (of Eliphalet,) married Mercy Thompson, June 7, 
1757. They had Sibyl, who married Joel Dawson ; Ame. 

Elam, (of Eliphalet,) married Anna Finch, 1748. They 
had Anna, Oct. 6, 1751, who married John Chedsey, 3d. 

Thomas, (of the first William,) removed to Newark ;/tiis 
oldest son was John. 

John, married Rebekah . They had James, Aug. 

8, 1703; Rebekah and Abigail, Aug. 23, 1707; Elisabeth, 
Sept. 17 lOt. 

James, married Eleanor Barnes, Jan. 2, 1735. They 
had Eunice, May 11, 1751 ; Elisabeth, David, Lemuel. 

MALLORY, 

PETER, signed the Plantation Covenant of New -Haven, 
1644. He had Rebekah, May 18, 1649; Peter, July 27, 
1653 ; Mary, Oct. l655t; Mary, Sept. 28, 1656; Thomas, 
Sept. 15, 1659; Daniel, Nov. 25, 1661 ; John, May 10, 
1663 ; Joseph, 1666 ; Benjamin, Jan. 4, 1668 ; Samuel, 
March 10, 1673 ; William, Sept. 2, 1675. 

Peter, jun. New-Haven, married Elisabeth Trowbridge, 
May 27, 1678. They had Peter, April, l679t ; Caleb, 
Nov. 3, 1681 ; Peter, Aug. I684f ; Elisabeth, April 27, 
1687 ; Judith, Sept. 2, 1689 ; Benjamin, April 3, 1692 ; 
Stephen, Oct. 12, 1694 ; Ebenezer, Nov. 29, 1696 ; Zecha- 
riah, May 2, 1699 ; Abigail, Aug. 5, 1701 ; Zipporah, 
Dec 15, 1705 ; Peter, March 1, 1708. 

Caleb, New-Haven, had Caleb, Aug. 3, 1712. 

Thomas, Netv-Haven, married Mary Umberfield, March, 



Names, Marriages , and Births. 135 

26, 1684. They had Thomas, Jan. 1, 1685; Daniel, Jan. 
2, 1687. 

John, New-Haven, had John, Sept. 6, 1687 ; Elisabeth, 
May 1, 1691 ; Rebekah, Sept. 15, 1693 ; Mabel, Dec. 19, 
169\5; Silence, Oct. 13, 1698 ; John, March 1, 1701 ; O- 
bedience, April 11, 1704. 

Joseph, married Mercy Pinion. They had Mercy and 
Thankful, Aug. !694 ; Abigail, Aug. 1696 ; Joseph, Nov. 
5, 1698 ; Benjamin, Nov. 5, 1701 ; Hannah, Sept. 1, 1709. 

Benjamin, married Dorothy Luddington. They had Da 
vidt, Mercyt, Joseph, Isaac, Maryt. — 2d wife, Mary O'Neal ; 
had David, Mercy, Levi, Dorothy, John, Mary, Simeon. 

Joseph, married Thankful Roberts. They had Benja- 
min, 1751 ; Elisabeth, 1754; Amos, 1756; Abigail, 1760; 
Thankful, 1762 ; Ezra, 1767. — 2d wife, Eunice Barnes, 
1774; had Noah Woodruffe, 1775. 

Benjamtn, married Eunice Tamadge, Dec. 19, 1774. 
They had Amasa, Elisabeth, Patty, Zinat. 
• Amos, married Abigail Brown, June 4, 1777. They had 
Amos ; Infantf. 

Isaac, married Mabel Luddington. They had Asa, Ja- 
red, Lorana and An/e ; Lorana married Samuel S'uepard, 
1782 ; Ame, married Moses Matdiews : Jesse; Adah, 
who married Caleb Hotchkiss ; Jaoub ; Mercy, who mar- 
ried Jones Curtiss ; Ly/lia, who married Joshua Baker ; 
Lorinda, who married Timothy Way ; Hannaht. 

Asa, married Huldah Chedsey, Feb. 26, 1778. They 

>had Annist, Jaredt, Hannah, Huldaht Huldah, Jaredt. 
Jesse, married Hannah Rowe, 1781. They had James, 
March 26, 1782 fLoTeTOct. 3, 1784 ; Heman, April 12, 
1787t; Heman, April 12, 1789; Wyllys, April 6, 1793t; 
Jesse, March 27, 1796; Wyllys. 

Jacob, married Hannah Foot. They had Isaac, Sarah, 
Jesse, Infantt, Fanny, Emily, Jacob. 

David, married Mary Wardell, 1769. They had Sarah, 
David, Samuel, Polly, Irene, Culpepper. 
John, married Miriam Stokes, 1775. 

MEW, 

Ellis, married Ann , They had Ann. 

MORRIS, 

THOMAS, married Elisabeth . He signed the 

Plantation Covenant at New -Haven, 1639. They had John, 



136 Nanus, Marriages, and Births. 

Eleazar, Ephraimt and Thomas, Oct. 3, 1651 ; Hannah 
who married Thomas Lupton, 1652 ; Joseph, May 25, 1656 j 
Elisabeth. 

John, married Anna. She died 1644. He then married 
widow Elisabeth Lampson ; had John, Dec. 16661. — 3d 
wife, Hannah Bishop, Aug. 12, 1669. They had Mary, 

iJune, l670t; Hannah, Aug. 10, 1671, who married Jo- 
seph Smith ; Mary, Sept. 9, 1673, who married John 
Heminway ; Elisabeth, 1675, who married Maltbie 
and Rev. John Davenport ; Thomas, April, I679t ; Abi- 
gail, Aug. 22, 1683, who married James Peck, 1706; De- 
sire, March 25, 1687, who married Stephen Howel, 1708. 

Eleazar, married Anna — — . They had Rebekah, June 
20, 1682, who married Nathaniel Hitchcock, 1702 ; John, 
Oct. 8, 1684 ; James, Eleazar, Adonijah ; Anna, who mar- 
ried Samuel Smith. 

John, married, Elisabeth Ailing, Jan. 24, 1713; no is- 
sue. 

James, married Abigail Rowe, Feb. 24, 1715. They had 
Jemima, Dec. 1715t; Daniel, June 4, 1718; Abigail, Jan. 
10, 1720 ; James, 1723 ; Amos, 1726. 

Daniel, married Elisabeth Smith. They had Abigail, 
Aug. 13, 1742.; Elisabeth, Oct. I743t ; John, Oct. 12, 
1745; Jemima, Aug. 25, 1747; Elisabeth, May 25, 1749. 

Amos, married Lydia Camp, June 26, 1745. They had 
Lydia, 1746, who married David Beecher, 1771 ; Ame, 
Feb. 19, 1748, who married Asa Bradley, 1768, and Elipha- 
let Fuller, 1783 ; Amos, March 13, 1750 ; Sarah, March 
18, 1752, who married Gershom Scott and Edward Brock- 
way ; John, July 22, 1754t; Elisabeth, March 6, 1757t; 
John, Sept. 2, 1759; Elisabeth, Oct. 13, 1761, who mar- 
ried Stephen Woodward, 1780 ; Esther, Oct. 24, 1763, 
who married William Collins, 1783 ; Asahel, Feb. 14, 
1766; Lorinda, June 4, 17o8, who married Samuel Hatha- 
way, 1788 ; Anna, July 13, 1773, who married BelaFarn- 
ham, 1797. 

Amos, jun. married Betsey Woodward. They had A- 
mos, July 27, 1780 ; Betsey, Nov. 2, 1781 ; Clarissa, 
July 6, 1783; Susan, Oct. 17, 1784; Harriet, April 6, 
1786; Lydia, June 18, 1787 ; Lucy, April 12, 1789; 
Hezekiah, Aug. 15, 1790t. 

John, married Desire Street, 1779. They had Sarah, 
Feb. 20, 1780t ; James, Jan.5, I782t ; John, Nov. 7, 1783 ; 



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A curies, Marriages, and Births. 1 3 7 

William, Oct. 3, 1785 ; Stephen, Jan. 13, 1787 ; Nancy, 
May 28, 1789 ; James, June 25, 1791 ; Sarah, Hezekiah, 
Lorinda, Anson. 

Asahel, married Catherine Van Ness. They had Philip, 
John, Catherine, Henry. 

James, had James, Lucy. 

Eleazar, jun. married Mercy Ball. They had Stephen ; 
Sarah, who married Seth Eaton ; Mercy, who married Isaac 
Holt ; Jacobt, Eleazart, Maryt ; Mabel, who married Je- 
hiel Forbes. 

Stephen, married Esther Robinson, June 18, 1741. They 
had Hannaht, Williamt ; Hannah, Jan. 1, 1746, who mar 
lied ^ajnueLHeminway. 

Adonijah, married Sarah Moulthrop. They had Anna. 

Joseph, married Esther Winstone, June 2, 1680. They 
had Thomas, March 23, 1682; Esther, Sept. 3, 1684, who 
married John Peck, 1707 ; Sarah, 1686, who married Jo- 
seph Beecher, 1710; Joseph, 1688 ; Ephraim, Jan. 1694 ; 
Dorothy, Sept. 1695 ; Benjamin, April, 1699 ; Mary, June, 
1702, who married Joel Munson ; Samuel, July, 1705. 

Thomas, married Sarah Gilbert, May 25, 1 708. They 
had Thomas, March, 1712 ; Daniel, April, 1715; Amos, 
Feb. 20, 1718 j Asa, Feb. 20, 1721 $ Elisabeth, Feb. 9, 
1726. 

Asa, married Hannah Brown, March 11, 1758. 

Joseph, jun. married Sarah Hotchkiss, Feb. 3, 1709. 

Ephraim, married Ruth Sperry, Jan. 24, 1717. They 
had Abigail, Oct. 31, 1717 ; Ruth, Nov. 27, 1718 ; E 
phraim, May 23, 1721. 

Benjamin, had Sarah, March 15, 1737 ; Elisabeth, April 
10, 1739 ; John, March 9, 1742. 

MOULTHROP, 

MATTHEW, married Jane . They removed from. 

New-Haven to Stoney Fiver, 1662, They had Matthew; 
Elisabeth, who married John Gregory, 1663 ; Mary. 

Matthew, jun. married Hannah Thompson, 1662. They 
had Hannah, Jan. I663t; Hannah, April 20, 1665; John, 
Feb. 5, 1667 ; Matthew, July 18, 1670; Infant, l673t ; 
Lydia, Aug. 8, 1674 ; Samuel, June, l677f ; Samuel, April 
13, l679;Keziah, April 12, 1682. 

John, married Abigail Bradley, June 29, 1692. They 
had Abigail, Aug. 12, 1693 ; John, March 17, 1696 ; Ma- 
vy, I698t: Sarah, 1701, who married Adonijah Morris ; 



138 Names, Marriages, and Births. 

Dan, Dec. 1, 1703 ; Israel, June 7, 1706 ; Joseph, Time 
thy. 

John, jun. married Sarah . They had John, Ste- 
phen, Mehitabel ; Sarah, who married Timothy Russel and 
John Pardee ; Mary, who married John Dawson, jun. ; Abi- 
gail, who married Dan Goodsell. 

John, 3d, married Abigail Holt. They had David, John, 
Reubent ; Roxana, who married Abijah Pardee ; Reuben. 

David, married Hepzibah Hotchkiss. They had David. 

Reuben, married Hannah Street, Nov. 18, 1792. They 
had Daniel Bo went, Maria, Clarissa, Daniel, Delia, Syd- 
ney, Reuben. 

Dan, married Hannah Belcher. They had Dant. — 2d 
wife, Lydia Howe. They had Charles, lost at sea ; Timo- 
thy ; Hannah, who married Israel Lindsley, 1673 ; Enocht ; 
Enoch ; Sarah, who married Elisha Andrews ; Eli, married 
Mary Moulthrop ; Lydia, Mabel, Infantt. 

Enoch, married Mary Hotchkiss. They had Dant, Dan, 
Lydia, Mary, Betsey, Silas, Timothy. 

Israel, married Lydia Page. They had Samuel ; Jacob, 
lost in the French war ; Timothyt ; Lydia, who married 
John Fuller, 1766 ; Lois, who married Charles Page, 1765. 

Samuel, married Sarah Dcnison. They had Josiah, May 
30, 1754 ; Desire, Nov. 16, 1756, who married Moses 
Thompson, 1775; Jared, Jan. 20, 1759; Jacob, Aug. 29, 
1762 ; Sarah, Jan. 13, 1764 ; Mercy, Sept. 9, 1767 ; Lydia, 
Aug. 7, 1769 ; Samuel, Sept. 1, 1773 ; James, Oct. 14, 
1776; Israel, Sept. I779t. 

Josiah, married widow Lydia Smith, July 4, 1792. They 
had Desire, April 16, 1793 ; Jared, March 9, 1795 ; Sarn- 
nel Russel, May 5, 1797. 

Jacob, married Abigail Pardee. They had Abigail. — 2d 
wife, Elisabeth Goodrich ; had Betsey, Eunice, Leonard, 
Bela, Sarah, Damaris. 

Joseph, married Mary Whedon. They had Joseph, Eli- 
hu, Jude ; Adonijah, lost in the French war ; Hannah, Rho- 
da, Mary, Lucretia, Abigail. 

Joseph, jun. married Lucretia Bradley, 1766. They 
had Abijah, Joseph!, Jared, Rhoda, Irene, Chauncey. 

Elihu, married Mary Hotchkiss, Nov. 21, 1770. They 
had Jared, Polly, Adonijah, Elihu, Esther. 

Matthew, 3d, married Mary . They had Jane, 

Dec. 13, 1694, who married Thomas Hodge ; Matthew, 
Sept, !6D6f ; Joseph, Oct. I698t; Mary, June 1, 1701, who 



Names, Marriages, and Births, 139 

married Gideon Potter; Martha, Feb. 18, 1703 ; Matthew, 
Feb. 1, 1705 ; Benjamin, March 2, 1707 ; Asher, Jan. 28, 
1710 ; Dorothy, Dec. 1, 1712, who married Samuel Pot- 
ter; Keziah, Jan. 6, 1714, who married Isaac Grannis. 

Matthew, 4th, married Sarah Grannis. They had 
Thankful, Nov. 1728t ; Joseph, Dec. 1730t ; Sarah, Jan. 
1732t ; Mabel, Sept. 6. 1735, who married Caleb, 3d, 
1759 ; Matthew, 1738t; Matthew, Nov. 9, 1743.-— 2d wife, 
Hannah Way ; had David, March 23, 1748. 

David, married Rachel Swayne. They had Johnt, Mar- 
tin, Major, Polly, Swayne. 

Benjamin; had Benjamin, July 20, 1735 ; Elisabeth, 
Mary, Benjamin. 

Benjamin, jun married Thankful Grannis, July, 1761, 
They had Benjamin, Seba, Mary, Elisabeth. 

Asher, married Anna Grannis. They had Desire, A- 
pril 13, 1737, who married Samuel Thompson ; Isaac, Feb. 
5, 1739 ; William, March 5, 1740; Levi, Oct. 8, 1743 ; 
Solomon, Oct. 3, 1745. These three were lost at sea. Ma- 
ry, May 8, 1749, who married Eli Moulthrop. Thankful, 
June 1, 1750, who married John Crawford and Thomas 
Shepard ; Anna, March 25, 1752, who married Samuel 
Smith ; Joseph ; Ashur. 

Isaac, married Jemima Granniss, Nov. 11, 1761. They 
had Levi, Desire, William, Solomon, Ira, Abraham, Jacob, 
Polly, Anna, Rachel, and two Infantst. 

Solomon, married Lois Rowe, Oct. 10, 1765. They had U 
Polly, who married William Bradley, 1785; Lois. 

Joseph, married Lorana Grannis, 1774. They had Joseph, 
Lorana, Anna, Levi, Elihu, William, Henrv, Pollv, In- 
lantt. 

Asher, jun. mariedMary Chedsey, Oct. 13, 1783. They 
had Isaac. 

Samuel, (of Matthew, jun.) married Sarah Barnes. They 
had Sarah, Feb. 24, 1705; Lydia, May 5, 1707, who mar- 
ried Eliakim Robinson; Hannah, April 10, 1709; Phebe, 
Oct. 14, 1711. 

O'NEAL, 

HENRY, married Abigail . They had Patience, 

Aug. 24, 1713 ; Henry, Aug. 23, 1715 ; Abraham, Sept. 
21, 1717 ; Charles, Jan. 21, 1720 ; Abigail, May 27, 1723, 
who married James A. Broton ; Phebe, who married George 
Mulloon. 



140 Names, Marriages, and Births. 

Abraham, married Sarah Conklin. They had Charles. 
Henry, John, Archer, lost at sea ; Hannah, who married 
Solomon Tompkins, 1776; Sarah; Pamela, who married 
George Aswell, 1787; Esther. 

PAGE, 

MOSES, married Thankful Grannis, 1731. They had 
Moses, Sept. I, 1732 ; Aaron, Sarah. — 2d wife, widow 
Lydia Smith ; had Ichabod. 

Aaron, married Desire Grannis, May 22, 1758. They 
had Josiah, Huldah, Thankful, William, Desire. 

PARDEE, 

GEORGE, was apprenticed to Francis Brown, Tailor, 
1644. to stay five years, and was married by the Governor 
to Martha Miles, Oct. 20, 1650. They had John, Aug. 20, 
l65lt ; John, Dec. 2, 1653; George, Jan. 15, 1655 ; Ma- 
ry, Feb. 18, 1658, who married Joshua Hotchkiss, 1677; 

Elisabeth, June 10, 1660, who married Olmsted. — 2d 

wife, Rebekah Lane, Dec. 29, 1662 ; had Joseph, April 
27, 1664 ; Rebekah, April 18, 1666, who married Samuel 
Ailing, 1699; Sarah, Feb. 2, 1667 ; Hannah, July 7, 1672, 
who married Edward Vickars. 

George, jun. married xMercy Ball, Feb. 10, 1675. They 
had Mercy, Jan. 16, 1676 ; Eliphalet, Dec. 26, 1678; Mar- 
tha, March 18, 1680 ; John, Nov. 4, 1683.— 2d wife, Ma- 
ry Denison, Feb. 11, 1685 ; had Stephen, 1686 ; Ebene- 
zer; George, Jan, 1690; James; Sarah, who married John 
Thompson, 4th ; Mary, who married Isaac Chedsey ; Elisa- 
beth. 

Eliphalet, married Hannah Edwards. They had Sam- 
uel, Jan. 17061 ; Ebenezer, April 5, 1710 ; Eliphalet, Sept. 
171St J Benjamin, Dec. 9, 1714; Hannah, March, 1717 ;t 
Sarah, Nov. 1719, who married Anthony Thompson, 1758; 
Noah, Dec. 30, 1721. 

Ebenezer, married Eunice Smith, Nov. 22, 1739. They 
had Hannah, Jan. 18, 1742; Sarah, Eunice, Eliphalet, Aug. 
175lt; Ruth, Feb.14, 1753. 

Benjamin, married Mary Bradley, June 17, 1740. They 
had Levi, Jan. 14,1742; Moses, July 24, 1744; Hannah, 
Dec, 13, 1746 ; Jared, Sept. 28, 1748; Lois, May 18, 1751, 
who married Isaac Barnes; Benoni, Feb. 18, 1754f ; Desire, 
July 7, I759t; Noah, Jan. 12, 1757; Mehitabel, Jan. 11, 
1763.t 



Names, Marriages, and Births. 141 

Levi, married Sarah Chedsey, 1770. They had Gurdon, 
June 20, 1771 ; Huldah, Nov. 3, 1773f ; Huldah, Nov. 29, 
1775 ; Mehitabel, Feb. 7, 1779 ; Aner, Dec. 29, 1782 ; 
Reuel, 1785t. 

Gurdon, married Phebe Judd, Nov. 3, 1799. They had 
Maria, Levi Judd, Henry Atwater, Chester, Gurdon. 

Moses, married Sarah Wilmot. They had Thomas, 
William, Moses, Polly, Sarah, Betsey, Mehitabel, Julia. 

Jared, married Rebekah Brown, July 19, 1784. They 
had Benjamin, June 6, 1785 ; Stephen Brown, Jan. 10, 
1787; Polly, June 26, 1789t ; Mabel, 179lt; Sarah. 

Noah, married Mary Woodruff. They had Mehitabel, 
Phineas, Benoni. 

John, (of George jun.) married Abigail Bracket, July 9, 
1712. They had John, June 27, 1713; Abigail, April 15, 
J 717; Martha, Nov. 30, 1723 ; Eliphalet, May 4, 1726. 

John, jun. North-Ha ven, married Sarah Frost, Dec. 12, 
1744. They had James, March 25, 1746 ; Martha, July 
6, 1747; John, Dec. 10, 1750f ; Sarah, July 31, 1753 ; Eb- 
enezer, Jan. 27, 1755. — 2d wife, widow Sarah Russel, Feb. 
18, 1762; had Susannah and Rosannah, Oct. 13, 1762; John, 
Oct. 24, 1764; Lydia, July 22, 1766. 

James, North-Haven, married Mary Smith, Nov. 2, 1772. 
They had Polly,t Sarah, Mabel, Polly, Isabel, James. 

Ebenezer, North-Haven, married Jemima Barnes. They 
had Lyman, Samuel, Betsey, Lucinda, Ebenezer, Jairus, 
Abigail, Hannah, Nancy. 

John, 3d, North-Haven, married Elisabeth Bracket. They 
had Rhoda, Esther, Harriet, John, Betsey. 

Eliphalet, (of John, sen.) North-Haven, married Mary 
Blakesley, April 8,1756. They had Jesse, June, 17571"; 
David, Aug. 8, 1759; Abigail, Mary, Hannah. — 2d wife, 
widow Mary Bishop; had Jesse, April 12, 1771. 

Stephen, married Marv Howe. They had Stephen, May 
30, 1725; Mary, 173l ; Elisabeth, 1735. 

Stephen, jun. married Mabel Russel. They had Ste- 
phen, Samuel, Mercy, Jamest, Eli, James, Asahel, Mary, 
John, Amos,t Elisabeth, Amos. 

Stephen, 3d, married Abigail Smith, 1768. They had 
Samuel, Sarah. 

Ebenezer, (of George, jun.) — had Hannah, March 28, 
(728; James, Dec. 27, 1729. 

George, 3d, married Sarah Bradley. They had Isaac, 

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242 Names, Marriages, and Births, 

Nov. 3, 1722; Lydia, Jan. 10, 1725; Jacob, 1727; Mercy, 
1730. 

Isaac, married Sarah Leavit. They had Leavit, Isaac 
and Joseph, Anna, Jemima. 

Leavit, married Sarah Heminway, 1782. They had Sa- 
muel, Sarah, Jared, Anna, Leavit,! Infant.t 

Joseph, married Sarah Fields, 1783. They had Isaac, 
Laban, Betsey, Hezekiah, Almira. 

Jacob, married Mary Hemimvay. They had Abijah,. 
Sarah,' Jacob, Chandler, Sarah, who married Daniel Aus- 
tin ; Mary, John, Eunecia, who married Timothy Thomp- 
son; Abraham.! Elisabeth Lovisa, Abraham. 

Abijah, married Roxana Moulthrop, 1777. They had 
Abigail, Isaac Holt, Polly, Clarissat, Abijah, Maria, Sa~ 
raht, Georgef, Anna, Sarah. 

Jacob, j„un. married Lydia Heminway, Nov. 3, 1777- 
They had Jacobt. 

Chandler, married widow Lydia Hotchkiss, Feb. 4, 
1790. They had Reuelt ; Reuel, Sept. 4, 1792; Eunecia;, 
Aug. 20, 1794. 

George, sen. gave his son Joseph land in New-Haven a 
few days before his marriage. 

Joseph, married Elisabeth Yale, Jan. 30, 1689. They 
had Joseph, Aug. 9, 1693; Thomas, Oct. 26, 1695; John, 
Feb. 6, 1697; Mary, April 9, 1700.— 2d wife, Elisabeth 
Payne, Dec. 2, 1703 ; had Elisabeth, Sept. 16, 1704; Dan- 
iel, Nov. 28, 1706 ; Rebekah, March 26, 1708 ; Josiab, 
Sept. 14, 1711; Ebenezer, Nov. 4, 1714 ; Samuel, Aug. 
3, 1718; Sarah, Aug. 1, 1721. 

PENFIELD, 

Isaac, married Elisabeth Howe. They had Elisabeth, 
Jan. 2, 1717, who married Isaac Goodsell ; Hannah, Feb. 

19, 1724. 

PINION, 

Nicholas, married Elisabeth. They had Ruth, Hannah, 
Mary, Thomas, Robert. 

Thomas, married Mercy — . They had Christiana, 

who married Samuel Downe ; Mercy, who married Joseph. 
Mallory; Abigail, who married Samuel Cande, 1703. 

POTTER, 

John and William, brothers, signed the Plantation Cove- 



Names, Marriages, and Births. I4S 

s»ant, New-Haven, June 4, 1639. — William had Nathan- 
iel, Joseph, Hope, Rebekah. 

JOHN, had John-, Samuel. 

John, jun. married Hannah Cooper. They had Hannah, 
I66lf ; John, June, l663t ; Hannah, June 26, 1665 ; John, 
Aug. 4, 1667; Samuel, July, I669t; Infant, Feb. I671t ; 
Mary, March I673t ; Samuel, Jan. 2, 1675.— 2d wife, 
widow Mary Russel, Dec. 29, 1679 : had Abigail, who 
married Samuel Thompson. 

John, 3d, married Elisabeth Holt, Feb. 23, 1 692. They 
had JohnjJSHsabeth, Sept. 24, 1697, who married John t> 
Luddington ; Gideon, June 3, 1700; Daniel, June 15, 
1701 : Enos, Dec. 12, 1706 ; Samuel, Joseph. 

Gideon, married Mary Moulthrop. They had Mary, 
Aug. 17, 1724, who married David Smith; Gideon, April. 
24/1726; Thankful, July, 1728t; David, Jan. 12, 1732 j 
Dorothy, Dec. 1733t ; Desire, May, 1736t; Stephen, Jan. 
12, 1739 ; Jerusha, July, 174lt ; Jared, Sept. 25, 1742; 
Thankful, Aug. 17461. 

Gideon, jun. married Keziah Leavit, 1752. They had 
Thankful, Nov. 10, 1753, who married James Spencer ; 
Lois, July 15, 1756, who married Nehemiah Smith ; Lydiat, 
Gideenf. 

David, married Mary Wright. They had Levi, Nov.. 
1751t; Levi, Jan. 1, 1757 ; Desire, Jan. 25, 1755, who 
married Daniel Goodsell ; Isaac, died in a prison ship. 

Levi, married Sarah Thompson, 1778. They had Samuel, 
May, 1779 ;t Levi and Sarah,t Feb. 24, 1781 ; Pollv, April 
9, 1783 ; Elisabeth, Oct. 1785 ;f Elisabeth, Jan. 17, 1787 ; 
James, Sept. 19, 1789; Anna, Feb. 4, 1792. 

Stephen, married Sarah Lindsley, July 3, 1766. They 
had Lucinda, April 4, 1767 ; Sarah, James, Matilda, Mary, 
Frederic. 

Jared, married Sarah Forbes, April 19, 1764. They had 
.Sarah, Mary. 

Daniel, married Hannah Holbrook, Sept. 12, 1728, They 
had Nathan, July 28, 1729 ; Eunice, 1731 ;t Phineas, Jan. 
1733 ;t Hosea, March, 1735 ;f Lois, Dec. 1737 ;t one 
1739 ; Elam, Jan. 1, 1742. [f These 4 and the mother died 
in 11 days.] 

Engs, married Sarah Heminway. They had Sarah, 
1732 :t Anna,f Isaac,! Israel, Abner, who died at sea; 
llarmah, who married Levi Chedsev. 



144 Names , Marriages, and Births. 

Israel, married Mary Dawson, Feb. 4, 1761. They had 
Sarah, who married Eliphalet Luddington ; Hannah, Anna/!* 
Joel, Asahel, Anna, Enos. 

Samuel, married Dorothy Moulthrop, 1738. They had 
Samuel, Sept. 10, 1739; Jacob, June 29, 1741. 

Joseph, married Thankful Bradley, March 11, 1729. 
They had Joseph, Aug. 9, 1730; Titus, April 1, 1734; 
Mercy, Dec. 18, 1737; Thankful, Aug. 26, 1739; Sibyl, 
Sept 1, 1741; Jesse, May 21, 1743; Elisabeth, Aug. l, 
1745. 

REDFIELD, 

William, married Rhoda Tucker. They had William, 
Mary, George, Julia. 

ROBERTS, 

WILLIAM, married Joanna . They had William, 

Zechariah, Alice and Lydia, Anna, who married Samuel 
Butler, 1712; Abigail. 

William, jun. had Thomas. 

Thomas, had Joseph, Dec. 1727; John, Nov. 14, 1729 ; 
Ebenezer, Dec. 4, 1731 ; Elisabeth, Get. 17, 1733 ; Eunice,f 
Mary,t Anna.t 

Ebenezer, married Elisabeth Jacobs, 1756. They had 
Anna, Susan. 

Jonathan, had Molly, Rebekah, Thankful, Jonathan. 

Jonathan, jun. married Jemima Abbot. They had Wil- 
liam,! William, Hannah, Pamela, Betty, Eli, Jemima. 

ROBINSON, 

JACOB, married Sarah Hitchcock, 1690. They had 
John, Dec. 3, 1691 ; Thomas, Dec. 5, 1693 ; Sarah, Dec. 
24, 1695, who married Samuel Bradley; Hannah, Feb. 24, 
1698, who married Thomas Dawson; Mary; Eliakim, April 
2, 1706. 

John, married Mary Barnes, Nov. 28, 1720. They had 
Jacob, Oct. 20, 1721 ; Mary, Sept. 5, 1724, who married 
Moses Santford, 1746 ; John, Aug. 16, 1729 ; Miriam, Dec. 
3,1731; (Hannah, July 29, 1745; Stephen, March 20, 1748; 
Levi, March 17, 1751 ; Amos, June 15, 1754. It is doubt- 
fid whether the 4 last were children of this John, unless he 
had a second wife.) 

Jacob, married Elisabeth Bracket, July 14, 1747. They 
had Moses, July 14, 1754 ; Adah, Aug. 8, 1760. 

John, jun. married Lois Santford, 1755. They had Ma- 
ry, Aug. 8, 1755; Desire, Jan. 2. 1758; John, Nov. 12. 



Names, Marriages, and Births. 145 

1760; Justin, Dec. 6, 1765; Harmon, July, 1767;t Harmon, 
July 7, 1768; Medad, July 19, 1770; Linas, Feb. 14, 1774; 
Lois, March 19, 1776. 

John, 3d, married Leura Spencer. They had Mary, 
Aug. 2, 1784; Uriah and Desire, July 6, 1787; Clarissa, 
Abigail, Susan, Salmon, Erastus. 

Harmon, married Lucinda Baldwin. They had Polly, 
Rodney, Harmon, Jesse, Augustus, Medad, Mary. 

Thomas, married Anna Harrison. They had Benjamin, 
Dec. 23, 1716 ; Esther, July 7, 1720, who married Stephen 
Morris. — 2d wife, H&nnah Howe. They had Thomas, 
April 4, 1723; two died young; Hannah, Sept. 1731;! 
\ndrew, Dec 17S3.f 

Benjamin, married Catharine Durand. They had Es- 
ther, Andrew, Mary, Levi, 1757 ; Benjamin, 1759. 

Thomas, jun. married Anna Wooster. They had Jehu, 
Jared, Ziba, Amasa, lost at sea ; Abijah, Sarah, who married 
\aron Williams, 1758; Lydia, Zurviah. 

Jehu, married Elisabeth Auger, 1769. 

Jared, married Mary Thompson, 1760. They had 
Chandler, Jemima, Anna, Sarah, Ziba. 
v Chandler, married Lois Grannis, 1781. 

ROWE, 

MATTHEW, had Elisabeth, Jan. 1650 ;t Daniel, Jan. 
1651 ;t John, April 30, 1654 ; Hannah, Aug. 1656 ;t Jo- 
seph, Nov. 1658 ;t Stephen, Aug. 28, 1660. 

John, married Abigail Alsop, July 14, 1680. They had 
John, Oct. 23, 1681; Matthew, Feb. 14, 1683; Stephen, 
July 1, 1687; Abigail, Aug. 13, 1689, who married James 
Morris, 1715; Hannah, Feb. 11, 1691, who married John 
Leak, 1720; Sarah, Oct. 15, 1700, who married Eleazar 
Brown, 1725. 

John, jun. married Rebekah Mix, Feb. 1, 1711. They 
had. John. 

Matthew, married Rebekah Mix, Feb. 1, 1710. They had 
Mary, Jan. 27, 1711; Rebekah, 1713, who married Joel 
Tuttle; John, 1715; Abigail, who married Stephen Ives, 
1736; Sarah, who -married Daniel Olds, 1 759 ; *Hannah, 
Aug. 8, 1724, who married Stephen Thompson, 1746 ; 
Lydia, June 1, 1726, who married Job Smith. 

John, married Hannah Smith, 1741. They had Matthew, 
Feb. 1742 ;t Mary, March 22, 1744, who married Michael 
Todd ; Lois, March 21, 1746, who married Solomon Mool- 

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146 Names, Marriages, and Births, 

throp, 1765; Matthew, March, 1748 ;t Hannah, June, 
1749 ;t Ezra, April 5, 1752; John, May 31, 1754; Mat- 
thew, Nov. 28, 1756; Stephen, May 6, 1759; Hannah, 
June 9, 1762, who married Jesse Mallory. 

John, married Esther Hotchkiss, Oct. 29, 1778. No 
issue. 

Matthew, married Eunice Luddington. They had Dan- 
iel, Aug. 5, 1782 ; Mary, March, 14, 1785 ; Hannah, Sept. 
21, 1786 ; Matthew, Sept. 19, 1788 ; Lois, Feb. 28, 1791 ; 
Stephen, March 22, 1792 ;t Eunice, Jan. 22, 1795 ; Elisa- 
beth, May 26, 1797 ;! Rosewell and Russel, Aug. 7, 1800; 
Elisabeth, Louisa.! 

Stephen, married Abigail Hughes, Dec. 6, 1781. They 
had Stephen, Dec. 6, 1782 ;f Lois, Oct. 17, 1783 ;t John, 
Nov. 11, 1785; Lydia, Dec. 14, 1786; Infant,t Infant,! 
Infant,! Lue, Nov. 11, 1793 ;t Esther, Dec. 14, 1795 ; Elia- 
da, Aug. 12, 1798 ; Infant.!— 2d wife, Elisabeth Miles, had 
Stephen. 

Stephen, New-Haven, (of first John,) had Stephen, Sept. 
7, 1716; Joseph, Oct. 7, 1718 ; Daniel, Nov. 7, 1720 ; Ma- 
ry, Dec. 21, 1722; Ebenezer, Feb. 18, 1725. 

Joseph, New-Haven, married Abigail Beecher, Dec. 21, 
1743. They had Joseph, Sept. 27, 1744 ; Ebenezer, Sept. 
2, 1748; Rebekah, June 29, 1750; Mary, Jan. 28, 1753; 
Eunice, June 29, 1755 ; Stephen, Jan. 31,* 1758. 

John, 3d, of New-Haven, married Esther Carrington, June 
22, 1736. They had John, July, 1737 ;! Mary, Oct. 7, 1741 ; 
Catherine, Feb. 28, 1744; John, Dec. 13, 1765; Esther, 
March 7, 1768. 

RUSSEL, 

John and Ralph, were brothers, and appear at the Iron 
works about the year 1664. John died in 1681 ; and Han- 
nah, his widow, married Robert Dawson. They had Hannah, 
1670, who married Joseph Grannis, 1702; William, Sept. 
1676;! one, Aug. 1679;! John, Nov, 1, 1680. 

RALPH, married Mary Hitchcock, Oct. 12, 1663. Thev 
had John, Dec. 14, 1664 ; Joseph, March 20, 1667 ; Edward, 
Feb. 1673;! Samuel, 1671. 

John, married Hannah Moulthrop, Aug. 17, 1687. They 
had Hannah, Feb. 18, 1689, who married Benjamin Grego- 
ry; Lydia, Sept. 18, 1692, who married Abraham Utter, 
1715; John, Jan. 15, 1695 ; Edward, April 19, 1698; Ab- 
igail, May 19, 1701, who married Abraham Hodge; Rachel, 
Dec. 15, 1703, who married Beecher ; Mabel, Julv 14, 



Names, Marriages, and Births. 147* 

JT06, who married Samuel Utter; Sarah, Feb. 25, 1712, who 
married John Shepard. 

John, jun. married Mary Forbes, May 17, 1717. They 
had Mary, May 22, 1718, who married Benjamin Smith, 
1742; Sarah, Sept. 27, 1720, who married Caleb Bradley; 
Lydia, March 1, 1726; Mabel, May 7, 1728, who married 
Stephen Pardee, jun. ; John, July, 1730 ;t Mehitabel, April, 
1733 ;t Ame, Jan. 17, 1735, who married John North, 1763 ; 
Joseph, July 4, 1740; Mehitabel, March, 1744 ;t Levi, Ju- 
ly, 1747.t 

Joseph, married Abigail Grannis, Nov. 7, 1764. They 
had Abigail, Aug. 28, 1765, who married Joseph Shepard, 
1787 ; Mary, Jan. 3, 1767 ;t John, March 7, 1769 ; Mehit- 
abel, Jan. 8, 1771 ;t Joseph, May 27, 1772 ;t Truman, June 
2, 1774 ;t Truman, Feb. 26, 1776; Major, July 20, 1778 ; 
Mary, Aug. 15, 1784. 

John, married Elisabeth Russel, 1796. — 2d wife, Olive 
Grannis; had two Infants,t John, Eliza, Ai, Rothilda, Ol- 
ive, Polly, Sherman, Barlow, Joseph. 

Truman, married Elisabeth Davidson. They had Abigail, 
Joseph, Betsey, Almira, Leonard, Jane Elizabeth. 

Edward, married Catherine Utter. They had Catherine, 
June 22, 1724; Hannah, May 20, 1726, who married Phin- 
eas Curtis, 1759; Edward, Oct. 3, 1729 ; Mary, April 20, 
3 732, who married Robert Dawson and Ebenezer Chedsey ; 
Benjamin, Feb. 2, 1736. 

Edward, jun. married Mary Pardee. They had Mary, 
who married James Stanelift; Catherine, who married Gid- 
eon Allen ; Benjamin ; Hannah, who married Asaph Hotch- 
kiss ; Edward ; Elizabeth, who married John Russel. 

Edward, jun. married Lois Bibbins. They had Sarah, 
Catherine, Mahala, Deforest, Edward Kneeland. 

Benjamin, married Mary Utter. They had, Infant.t He 
died a prisoner in the French war. 

Samuel, married Esther Tuttle, Feb. 27, 1695. They had 
Samuel, 1696; Esther, May 4, 1699; Mary, Jan. 1700;! 
Infant, Aug. 1702 ;t Ralph, Aug. 1703 ;t Joseph, Dec. 
1706 ;t Daniel, Abel.. 

Samuel, jun. married Mary Heminway, May 13, 1719. 
They had Samuel, Feb. 2. 1720 ; Timothy^ Sept. 29, 1722 ; 
Stephen; Ichabod; Eunice, who married Thomas Smith 4th 
and Nathaniel Luddington ; Esther, who married Joseph 1 
Hotchkiss. 

Timothy, married Sarah Moulthrop. They had 4 chil- 



148 Names, Marriages, and Births. 

dren, which died young, and were buried at two funerals, 
two and two in a grave. 

Abel, married Eunice Luddington. They had Abel. 

Joseph, (of Ralph,) married Jane Blackman, 1687. They 
had Joseph, Nov. 1687 ;t Samuel, April 23, 1697. 

SHEPARD, 

THOMAS, married Hannah. They became members of 
the Church in Branfard, 1709, and in 1717 removed to East- 
Haven. They had John, Thomas, Ruth, Elisabeth, Hannah, 
Sarah, who married Richard Darrow. 

John, married Sarah Russel. They had Sarah, March 11, 
1728, who married John Chedsey, jun. 1745; Mary, Sept. 
1731 ;t Elisabeth, July 20, 1734, who married Enos Hotch- 
kiss ; John, Feb. 1737 ;t Stephen, April 17, 1740; John, 
Oct. 27, 1743 ; Mary, Sept. 30, 1746, who married David 
Grannis ; Levi; Huldah, who married Elias Townsend. — 
2d wife, widow Mary Potter; had David, May, 1762.t 

Stephen, married Ame Grannis, March 13, 1765. They 
had Sarah,! Sarah, Ame, who married Thomas Potter; Ste- 
phen, Isaac, Jared, Huldah. 

Stephen, jun. married Sarah Grannis, 1799. They had 
William, AVillet, Merit, Henrietta, Orchard, Rosetta, Ste- 
phen, Nancy. 

John, jun. married Elizabeth Bradley, April 18, 1765. 
They had John, Jared, Benjamin, Ziba, Levi, William, Rose- 
well, Irene, who married Holt Dawson, 1793 ; Betsey. 

John, 3d, married Ame Goodsell. They had Jeremiah, 
Nancy. 

Thomas, jun. married Sarah Hotchkiss. They had Sam- 
uel, Aug. 22, 1730 ; Thomas, Jan. 16, 1733 ; Abigail, June 
15, 1736, who married Elias Forbes and Jonathan Goodsell ; 
Isaac, 1738 ;t Jacob, who married Patience Bradley ; Mary. 

Samuel, married Elizabeth Pardee. They had Hannah, 
who married Timothy Way ; Thomas, Joseph, Mary, Elisa- 
beth, Sarah, Samuel, who married Lorana Mallory, 1782 \ 
Mabel, Amos, Abraham.! 

K Thomas, 3d, married Widow Lydia Goodsell, Feb. 4th, 
1783. They had Elihu, March 9, 1785 ; Elias, Lydia, Ja- 
cob.t 

Joseph, married Abigail Russell, Nov. 1, 1787. They 
had Elizabeth, Hezekiah, Joseph. — 2d wife, Huldah Thomp- 
son : had Harriet, Amos. 



Names, Marriages, and Births. 149 

SLAUGHTER, 

Medad, married Martha O'Neal, Feb. 16, 1758. They 
had Anna, Nov. 1759 ;t David, Anna, Medad. 

SMITH, 

THOMAS, married Elizabeth Patterson, the only child 
of EDWARD P. 1762. They had John, March, 1664 ;f 
Anna, April 1, 1665 ; Infant, 1667 ;t John, June 14, 1669 ; 
Thomas, Aug. 1671 ;t Thomas, Jan. 31, 1673; Elisabeth, 
June 11, 1676; Joanna, Dec. 17, 1678; Samuel, May 24, 
1681 ; Abigail, Aug. 17, 1683 ; Lydia, March 24, 1636, who 
married Theophilus Ailing, 1708 ; Joseph, 1688 ; Benjamin, 
Nov. 21, 1690, died a young man. 

Thomas, jun. married Sarah Howe. They had Thomas, 
Joseph, Samuel, Dow, Benjamin. — 2d wife, widow Abigail 
Thompson, had Elisabeth, who married Daniel Morris. 

Thomas, 3d, married Abigail Goodsell. They had Thorn 
as, July 27, 1719 ; David, Nov. 15, 1721 ; Stephen, Nov. 
28, 1724. 

Thomas, 4th, married Eunice Russel, March 11, 1741. 
They had Thomas, Dec. 10, 1742; Enos, Nov. 2, 1744; 
Abigail, Feb. 3, 1747, who married Stephen Pardee, 1768 ; 
Jacob, July 7, 1749 ; Eli, Nov. 8, 1751 ; Elisabeth, May 21, 
1754, married Jesse Upson, 1775. 

Thomas, 5th, married Anna Smith, Nov. 20, 1766. They 
had Betsey, who married Oliver Todd, 1786; Louisa, La- 
ment and Infant.! 

David, married Mary Potter. They had David, Isaac, 
Simeon, Gideon, John, Abigail, Mary, Desire, Hervey. 

Stephen, married Jemima Parmaly, 1747. They had 
Jemima, Sept. 12, 1?48; Stephen, 1751 ; Caleb, Oct. 10, 
1753; Orphana, 1756, who married Samuel Cook. — 2d 
wife, Sarah Dawson, Oct. 20, 1760, had Thomas, Nov. 29, 
1761. — 3d wife, Comfort Picket, had Sarah, 1768, who 
married Giles Bracket. 

Stephen, ju> t . married Hannah Lindsley. They had 
Daniel, June 18, 1780 ;t Betsey, Jan. 14, 1783 ; Daniel, 
I785.t 

Caleb, married Sarah Russel, Oct. 10, 1782. They had 
Edward Russel, Oct. 12, 1783; Sarah, April 1, 1787 ; Ca- 
leb, June 28, 1794 ;f Almira. 

Thomas, married Desire Thompson, Oct. 16, 1792. They 
had Stephen, Sept. 18, 1793; Samuel, Oct. 21, 1795; 
Warren, Sept 9, 1798; Wjllard, Sept 12, 1800; Alvin, 



NameSi Merriagts, and Bin 

Nov. 17, 180S ; Caleb Alfred, March 9, 1805 ; Sank, Thd- 
bms, Merwin, Charlotte, Nancy. 

Sai ::. of Thomas, jun.) married Eleanor Thompson, 
r ey had Samuel j Lydia.t lnfknt,*t EnosJ Isaac.t Isaac. — 
2d wife, widow Mary Russel : had Lydia, Samuel. 

Isaac, married widow Mabel Chedsey, 176-2. They had 
Ira, June 2, 1763 : William, May 25, 1765 : Eleanor, Nov. 
1767, who married William Ottee, and had Mary and 
Nancy : Isaac and Caleb. July 15, 1770: Sarah, Oct. 10, 
""I. who married John Tyler: Huldah. 
Ik a, married Sarah Davenport, 1784. They had Isaac, 
Fwinsj Lorinda, Hezekiah. 
William, married A me Chedsey. They had Isaac. 
Caleb, married Lydia Chedsey, May 29, 1794. They 
I Julina, James. Haldah,f WilUam.t Huldah, Elisabeth, 
William, Desire Chedsey, Jacob Chedsey, Desire, Harriet 
Mary Emily. 
Samuel, jun. married Mary Dawson, April 11,1765. 
They had Samuel, Jared, Lydia, who married Isaac Ched- 
sey. 1791. — 2d wife, Didamea Grannis, 1773: had Isaac, 
Marv. Ame, Desire, Roger, Ransom. 

Dow, married Kezia Barker. They had Jordan, Sept. 1, 
th, Aug. SI, 1736 ; Joseph, April 1-2, 1739 : Lyd- 
ia, Jan. 1, 174 31 Dow, " :. 174.5; Daniel, Jan. 
ih, Aug. 28, 1751 ; Isaac, April 21, 1754. 
Jordan, married Sarah. Thev had John, 1783 ; Jernsha, 

;. 
Joseph, married Lydia Harrison, Feb. -24, 176-2. They 
had Simeon, Dec. 29, 176-2. 

Dow, jun. married Anna. They had Sarah, Anna, Han- 
nah, Dow Chester. 

Bexjamix, married Sarah Russel, Dec. 2, 1742. They 
; Mary, Dec. 19, 1743, who married Samuel Smith; John, 
jamra, Ailing. 
Allixg, married Elisabeth Rose, 1775. They had Ben- 
amin. John, Betsey, Hannah, Polly, Thomas. 

9 lMUbi >i first Thomas, ) married Anna Morris, 1708. 
They had Patterson, Oct. 17, 1709; Abel, Nov. 4, 1711: 
ies, June 14, 1713; Benjamin, Sept. 20, 1716 ; Anna, 
May 17, 1719, who married Daniel Holt and Timothy An- 
drews; Thankful, Aug. 27, 1722, who married Stephen 
Bradley; Sarah, April 6, 1725, who married James Deni- 
: Daniel, Aug. 6, 1727 ; Samuel, June I, 17S2.t 
p\TTZRsoy. married Sarah T ; i- Thev had John : A 



meU John, Mar. ir-?:r Jaoal I Sa ah, Jan. 51, "48, 
who married Jared Br^i! sy, 1768 ; Jacob, Ju 51. 

Jacob, married Lois Bishop, July 15,1778. i .:•■ had 
Lois; Jacob, Jar . ... " ; "rah. 

zl, married Lydia Bali. March 17, 1737. T 
Lydia, Jan. 27, 1738, who mat ."*...- 
Oct. 10, 1739: Abel, June, I742|t Anna, 
who married Thomas Smith, 5th; Oliver, F "-19: 

Lucv, Aug. 16, 1751, v.ho married David Bis : • 
who marnc — Tattle, 

June '.' ' ' ■ They " . : 

S iuel, married M - - id Aoel, r 

tin, Lydi e.t 

1 ::yer, married Thankful Bracket, N r. 17, I 774. 1 
had Esther, Samuel, Lyman, Sydney, Ju-tus, Oliver, L 
eret, Hervey. 

Jur I : ] They had \r 

I Melmda. — 2d wife, Ruth Basset; had Olive, J 
— Id wife, widow Hanna Hason; had Lyman, Amelia, 
y. 

James, married Lydia Todd, Mar' 26, I 747. 1 
Mary, De "47, who married J - 

Aug. ro, 1750 ; Benjamin* 1755:" - 

i mas, i t 10, 1761 ; Eli; M 80, 17G9, 

married Merriam Manson. 

James, raw. married Martha I 

JoHx, married Anna Cooke. A . ' 

arried Sarah Frost. They had Thomas, Sarah. 
Si vl,1 John,1 

I. They had Lydia. B 
— 2d wife, Polly Whitney ; had Benajah, Eli and H:. 

Ben-amix, married Desire I»-.- - 1743. 

Da: carried Hannah Atwater, 1749. They had 

Samuel, Dec. L4. 1749 i \ a Log. £5 17 
ried Abraham Hegrinwa y, 1771 : Joseph, Nov. 4. 1754; 
Benjamin. \ _ ] L757 ; D: - ' ho 

married Timothy Andrews and John Thompson : Daniel, 
Sept. -13. 1762; Laban, Aug. 14, 17 5; Hannah, May "" . 

Samuel, married AnnaMoulthro, . I 
had Pollyt; Polly, May <:■. 177.-. who married A. 
Thompson : Desire. 178o1 j Levi, 17821 ; Levi, 
14. 1784 : As 17 

Jopepk, married Ly 777. Tl 

I Samuel, lost at sea : Lydia, 5 



152 Names, Marriages, and Births. 

Benjamin, married Lydia Gates. They had Desire ; 
Benjamin, lost at sea; Esther, Marvin, Daniel, Lydia, Eve 
Ely. 

Daniel, jun. married Rachel Bishop, Nov. 12, 1781. 
They had Joseph, Fanny. — 2d wife, widow Anna Ford, 
Dec. 21, 1793 ; had Infantt, George, Mary. 

Laban, married Mary Bradley, Feb. 12, 1789. No issue. 

There is a feeble family tradition that John Smith was 
connected with the preceding family. Jfso, he must have 
been the oldest son of the first Thomas that lived, and was 
49 years old when he married. This, however, is proba- 
ble ; but as it is somewhat doubtful, J have placed him after 
Thomas and Samuel^ instead of before them, according to 
the order observed in respect to other families. Joseph, the 
son of Thomas, was a house Joiner, and his father re- 
quested the Town to grant him a certain lot upon ivhich he 
might build his shop. This is the only notice I can find on 
record respecting him. 

John, married Martha Tuttle, Feb. 5, 1718. They had 
Hannah, Dec. 26, 1718, who married John Rowe, 1741; 
Martha, Aug. 17, 1721, who married Caleb Barnes, 1742; 
Job, Nov. 10, 1722 ; John, June 30, 1724 ; Mehitabel, 
April 17, 1726, who married Jesse Luddington ; Josiah, 
July 17, 1728; James, April, 173~0t ; Lois, Sept. 1732t ; 
Ichabodt. — 2d wife, Lydia Fields ; had James, May 2, 
1738, died in the French war. 

Job, married Lydia Rowe, 1747. They had Ambrose, 
March 12, 1748 ; Nehemiah, March 28, 1750 ; Lydia, 
Dec. 8, 1753, who married Solomon Barnes ; Martha, May 
15, 1756, who married Nathaniel Grannis, 1777; Elijah, 
Aug. 27, 1 75 8t; James, Nov. 1, 1760t ; Job, Aug. 11, 1763 ; 
John, 1765. 

Ambrose, married Mary Smith, Nov. 14, 1771. They 
had Amasa, Sept. 1772t ; Esther Hull, March 4, 1774; 
Miles, March 21, 1776; Lole, March 12, 1778; Ambrose, 
Jan. 3, 1780; Elijah, March 12, 1784; Rowe, Dec. 1785 ;t 
Asenath, Ichabod.f 

Nehemiah, married Lois Potter, 1775. They had Gide- 
on, Stephen, Nehemiah, Sarah,t James,t John.t — 2d wife, 
Irene Bradley, 1773; had Lois, Mary, John.t 

Job, jun. married Lucretia Smith, 1785. They had Lo- 
ring,f John, Enos, William, Loring, Infant.t 

AVilliam, a British Seaman, accidentally fell in compa- 
ny with Mary Collins at Saybrook, and they were mutualh 



Names, Marriages, and Births. 153 

captivated. They however parted, without any expectation 
of meeting again She came home by ivater, and when she 
arrived at her father's house, Smith was there. After 
much opposition, they were married, and had Eydia, F b. 
4, 1712, who married Matthew Luddington ; Sarah, Oct. 
1, 1714. 

STREET, 

Rev. NICHOLAS, teas ordained Teacher in the first 
Church at New- Haven, 1659, and died April 22, 1674; 
he had Samuel; Susannah, who married Mason; Sa- 
rah, who married James Heaton, 1662 ; Abiah, who mar- 
ried Daniel Sherman, 1664; Hannah, who married 

Andrews. 

Rev. Samuel, married Anna Miles, Nov. 3, 1664. He 
was graduated at Cambridge College, 1 664, and ordained 
Pastor of the Church at Walling ford, 1674, and died Jan. 
16, 1717. They had Anna, Aug. l665t ; Samuel, July, 
l667t; Mary, Sept. I670t ; Nicholas, July 14, 1677; Sa- 
rah, Jan. 15^ 1681. — 2d wife, Hardline Daniels, Nov. 1, 
1684; had Samuel, Nov. 8, 1685; James, Dec. 28, 1686; 
Anna, Aug. 26, 1688. — 3d wife, Hannah Glover, Julv 14, 
1690; had Eleanor, Dec. 3, 1691 ; Nathaniel, Jan. 19, 
1693; Elnathan, Sept. 2, 1695; Mary, April 16, 1698; 
John, Oct. 25, 1703. 

Nicholas, Wailing ford, married Jerusha . They 

had James, Feb. 10, 1708 ; Elisabeth, April 24, 1709. 

Samuel, Wallingford, had Samuel, May 10, 1707. 

Elnathan, Wallingford, married Damans Hull, 1721. 
They had Benjamin, May 18, 1722; Samuel, Jan. 1725t: 
Samuel, Dec. 8, 1728 ; Nicholas, Feb. 21, 1730 ; Elna- 
than, Feb, 20, 1732; Anna, Feb. 16, 1734; Mary, June 
28, 1738; Jesse, April 17, 1741. 

Rev. Nicholas, was graduated at Yale College, 1751 ; 
was ordained Pastor of the Church at East- Haven, Oct. 8, 
1755, and married Desire Thompson, Dec. 6, 1758. They 
had Eunecia, Oct. 27, 1759, who married Rev. Stephen YV. 
Stebbins, 1783 ; Desire, Aug. 16, 1761, who married John 
Morris, 1779; Lucinda, July 17, 1763, who married Da- 
rius Hickox and Titus Ailing and Theophilus Miles. — 2d 
wife, Hannah Austin, April 24, 1766 ; had Hannah, March 
8, 1767, who married Reuben Moulthrop, 1792; Moses 
Augustine, Jan. 29, 1769t ; Moses Augustine, April S, 
1770 ; Nicholas, March 22, 1772 ; Elnathan, Feb. 16, 

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254 Names, Marriages, and Births. 

1774; Justin Washington, Nov. 4, 1777; Mary, Oct. G, 
1782. 

Moses A. married Lois Smith, 1797. They had Aman- 
da, Lois Marina. 

Jesse:, Branford, married Lois Cooke. They had Sarah, 
1776; Horatio Gates, Thaddeus, Benjamin, Lucretia, Anna. 

STEVENS, 

JAMES, had Etiphalet, Sept. 6, 1718; Samuel. This 
family lived at Dragon, and was almost destroyed by sick- 
ness and suffering in the hard winter of 1740. 

Eliphalet, had William, March 9, 1739; Hannah, Jan, 

29, 1743. 

THOMPSON. 

John and Anthony Thompson, brothers, signed the 
Colony Constitution, New- Haven, June, 1639, and in l§4? 9 
their brother William is mentioned. Anthony had a son 
John. In Anthony's Will, dated 1647, he mentions his 
brothers William and John. In 1654, Anthony, jun. 
by Will, gave all his lands to his brother John. One John, 
died in 1674. In 1683, William made his Will and names 
his sister Ellen, his brother Anthony's son John, his cou- 
sins John and William, sons of his nephew John, and other 
relatives. Ebenezer, who settled in Guilford, teas of the 
New-Haven family, and had a son John, who died in 1676. 
The John that settled at Sloney River, was also of this fami- 
ly, arid ivas called Farmer John, in distinction from John 
at New-Haven, who was a Seaman. 

JOHN, married Eleanor. They had John ; Mary, who 
married John Cooper, jun. ; Hannah, who married Matthew 
Moulthrop, jun. 1662; Rebekah ; Sarah, who married Ai- 
ling Ball, jun. 1678. 

John, jun. married Priscilla Powcl, March 29, 1666, 
They had John, Aug. 6, 1667; Priscilla, Aug. 7, 1671, 
who married Ebenezer Chedsey, 1689 ; Samuel, Jan. I673t ; 
Samuel, May 1, 1677; Abigail, Feb. 24, 1679, who mar- 
ried Daniel Collins; Anna, March 20, 1683. * 

John, 3d, married Mercy . Thev had John, Oct. 11, 

1692 ; Abigail, Oct. 1694; Mercy, Feb. 21, 1696, who 
married Joseph Tuttle ; Moses, Nov. 1, 1699; Eleanor, 
April 28, 1702,' who married Samuel Smith ; Samuel, Sept. 

30, 1704 ; Bathsheba, Jan. 24, 1707, who married Joseph 
Grannis, jun. and Abraham Chedsey ; Joseph, March, 1709f. 

John, 4th, married Sarah Pardee. Thev had Sarah, Jan. 



Names, Marriages, and Births. 155 

IT, 1718, who married Patterson Smith ; John, Oct. 21, 
1721 ; Stephen, Dec. 25, 1723 ; Timothy, Dec. 26, 1727; 
Joseph, Jan. 31, 1730 ; James, 1735. 

John, 5th, married Mary Hoadley. They had John, Le- 
vi, Wyllys, Anna. 
/ Stephen, married Hannah Rovve, 1746. They had A- 
most; Amos, Aug. 2, 1751; Moses, Dec. 28, 1754; Han- 
naht ; Stephen, Jan. 11, 1760. — 2d wife, widow Mary 
Baldwin ; had James. 

Amos, married Mary Thompson. They had Hezekiaht, 
William, Elisabeth, Isaac, Mary, Susan, Philemon, Ase- 
nath, Huldaht, Hezekiah, Esthert. 

Moses, married Desire Moulthrop. They had Hannah, 
who married John Heminway ; Desire, Anna, Charles, Cla- 
rissa, Sylvestert, Betseyt, Betsey, Saraht, Saraht. 

Stephen, jun. married Lois Bradley, 1779. They had 
Augustus, Silast, Hannaht, Orlandot, Ransomt, Saraht, 
Hannah, Wyllys. 

James, married Lydia Chedsey. They had Stephen, 
Mary, Leonard, Nathaniel, Henry, Elizur, James, Abraham 
Chedseyf, Abraham, Edward Ellsworth, Haynes Heminway. 

Timothy, married Esther Perkins. They had Sarah, 
Aug. 1, 1750, who married Abijah Bradley and Samuel 
Heminway ; John, April 27, 1753 ; Desire, May 26, 1756t; 
Esther, Aug. 12, 1759, who married Elijah Bradley; Hul- 
dah, June 25, 1762, who married Joseph Shepard, 1798 ; 
Timothy, Dec. 1, 1766; Abraham, Feb. 10, 1772. 

John, married widow Dorcas Andrews, 1783. They 
had Johnf, George, Desire, Lucy, Jamesf, Lue, James, 
John, Daniel Atvvater. 

Timothy, jun. married Eunecia Pardee. They had Ja- 
cob, Sarah, John, Esthert, Willet, Tnfantf, Esther. 

Abraham, married Mary Smith, Nov. 16, 1797. They 
had Julia Amanda, William, Desire Smith, Samuel, Mary 
Ann, Abraham, Asahel, Joseph, Saraht. 

Joseph, married — — Gilbert. They had William, Phe- 
be, Jared, Lydia, Joseph, Sarah, Tryphena, Rebekah and 
Betsey. 

James, married Elisabeth Bishop. No issue. 

Moses, married Desire Heminway. They had Mosest ; 
Desire, July 5, 1745, who married Rev. Nicholas Street, 
1758. 

Samuel, married Hannah Heminway. They had Mercy, 
I728t; Samuel, 1732t; Mary, 1735t; Samuel, Aug.l, 1737; 



156 Names, Marriages, and Births. 

IVtoses ; Mercy, who married Amos Luddington ; Mary, 
who married Jared Robinson ; Abigail, who married Amos 
Ford, 1774; Esther, who married Zacheus Howe, 1771' 

Samuel, .tun. married Desire Moulthrop, Sept. 12, 1759, 
They had Jared, Joel ; Samuel, March, 1768 ; Desire, Nov. 
19, 1771, who married Thomas Smith, 1792. 

Jared, married Lydia Blakesley, Oct. 12, 1786. They 
had Isaacf, Loriuda, Lydia, Isaac. — 2d wife, Grace Hunt; 
had Nancy, Harriet, Emily, Desire. 

Joel, married Lois Chedsey, 1782. They had Sarah, 
Huldah, Mary, Anson, Horace, Nancy, Reuel, Lue, Lo- 
rinda, William. 

Samuel, married Sarah Holt, 1786. They had Samuel, 
Desire, Miles, Sarah, William, Dan, Asenath, Nancy, Al- 
mira, Albert. 

Samuel, (of John, jun.) married Abigail Potter. They 
had Abigail, Oct. 1704t; Sarah, Nov. 28, 1706, who mar- 
ried John Taintor ; Mary, April 30, 1790, who married 
Samuel Forbes ; Samuel, June 3, 1711 ; Mehitabel, May 3, 
1713, who married Thomas Grannis. 

Samuel, jun. married Elisabeth Denison, Sept. 18, 1738. 
They had Elisabeth, Feb. 21, 1740, who married Azariah 
Bradley, 1759 ; Samuel, May 8, 1743 ; John, May 11, 
1746; these two died unmarried ; Sarah, May 27, 1749, who 
married Levi Potter, 1778 ; Abigail, 1753, who married 
Samuel Bradley, 1777, and Joseph Heminway, 1786. 

TOWNSEND, 

Samuel, married Sarah Tradeway. No issue. 

TUTTLE, 

WILLIAM, married Elisabeth — . They were among the 
first settlers at Stoney River, about the year 1645. They 
had Thomas, Jonathan, Sarah, Joseph, Simon ; Nathaniel, 
Feb. 24, 1652. 

Thomas, married Hannah Powel, May 21, 1660. They 
had Hannah, Feb. 24, 1661; Abigail, Jan. 17, 1663; Ma- 
ry, Jan. 14, 1665; Thomas, Oct. 27, 1667; John, Dec. 5, 
1669; Esther, April 9, 1672 ; Caleb, Aug. 29, 1674 ; 
Joshua, Dec. 19, 1676. 

Thomas, jun. married Mary Santford, 1692. 

j OHN — doubtful whether this is the son of Thomas or 
John; had Ephraim, April 2, 1690; John, Sept. 5, 1692; 
Nathaniel, Jan. 20, 1694; Mary, Dec, 26, 1696. 



Names, Marriages, and Births. 157 

Caleb, had Enos, Nov. 11, 1711 ; Timothy, Feb. 21. 
in 3 ; Eliphalet, March, 1716. 

Eliphalet, married Desire Bradley. They had Marv, 
March 23, 1741; Desire, May 5, 1743; Meliitabel, March 
20, 1745; Esther, Feb. 19, 1747. 

Jonathan, married Rebekah . They had Rebekah, 

Sept. ;0, 1664 ; Mary, Feb. 7, 1666; David, Nov. 14, 
1668; Jonathan, April 6, 1669; Simon, March 11,1671; 
William, May 25, 1673. 

Joseph, married Hannah Munson, May 2, I667. They 
had Joseph, March 18, 1668 ; Samuel, July 15, 1670; Ste~- 
phen, May 20, 1673; Timothy, Sept. 1676 ;t Susanna, Feb. 
20, 1679; Elisabeth, July 12, 1683; Hannah, May, 1685 ;t 
Hannah. 

Joseph, jun. married Elisabeth Santford, Nov. 10, 1691. 
They had Joseph, Nov. 10, 1692 ; Noah, Oct. 12, 1694 ; E- 
lisabeth, July 27, 1705 ; Thankful, Sept. 3, 1709. 

Joseph, 3d, married Mercy Thompson. They had Joel, 
Oct. 28, 1718; Mary, Dec. 22, 1720, who married John Hem- 
inway, jun. 1738 ; Ame, 1726 ;t Mercy, Sept. 17, 1730, who 
V married Abraham ileminvyay, jun. 1746; Comfort, 1732 ;t 
Joseph, 1734 ;t Samuel, 1 74 i .- — 2d wife, widow Sarah Wash- 
burn ; had Joseph, Ame, Benjamin. 

Joel, married Rebekah Rowe, 1743. They had Stephen, 
1744; Joel, Aug. 21, 1746; Daniel, Sept. 29, 1749 ; Abra- 
ham, Nov. 17, 1750 ; Mercy, April, 1752, who married Josh- 
tia Barnes, 17S1 ; Rebekah, Dec. 20, 1755, who married Jo- 
seph Bracket, 1782 ; Christopher, Sept. 26, 1759 ; Mary, A- 
pril 11, 1764. 

Stephen, married Rhoda Coe. They had Amasa, Mary, 
Joel, Sarah, Abraham,! Maria. 

Joel, jun. married Anna Woodward, Jan. 6, 1774. — 2d 
wife, Elisabeth Fowler, Oct. 15, 1778; had Sarah, July 12, 
1779; Elisabeth and Anna, March 11, 1782; Rebekah, Feb. 
22, 1785 ; Polly, Sept. 6, 1787; Julia, June 8, 1790 ;t Joel, 
May 8, 1792. 

Daniel married Ame Grannis, March 24, 1785. They 
had Rebekah. 

Abraham, married widow Anna Thomas. They had Ju- 
lia ; Abraham Rowe. 

Christopher, married Abigail Luddington, March 24, 
1786. They had Mercy, Joseph, Smith,! Smith, Abigail, 
Miles, Sarah Smith.t — 2d wife, Mary Dawson ; had Sarah. 
Smith. 

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158 Names , Marriages, and Births. 

Samuel, married Bethiah Miles, Sept. 6, 1761. They had 
Amasa, Aug. 27, 1762 ;t Samuel, Aug. 6, 1763 ;t Bethiah 
Miles, Jan. 22, 1765 ;t Samuel Amna, Sept. 18, 1767 ;t Sa- 
rah Miles, Feb. 2, 1770, who married Russel Pierpont, 1790 ; 
Bethiah, March 22, 1772 ;f Samuel, June 23, 1773 ; Am mi, 
Dec. 17, 1775; Zurviah, Feb. 22, 1777 ; Phebe Amna, Dec. 
6, 1780; Eunecia, Sept. 10, 1783 ; Frederic William, May 
30, 1786. 

Noah, married Rachel Hoadley, Dec. 1, 1720. They had 
Lydia, Jan. 27, 1722, who married Freeman Hughes; Tim- 
othy, April 3, 1724 ; Desire, 1726 ;t Elisabeth, Jan. 8, 1728 ; 
Desire, Sept. 17, 1730 ; Joseph, July 18, 1734; Rachel, 
1737; Abigail, Sept. 12, 1740. 

Timothy, married Anna Washburn, Jan. 12, 1743. They 
had Mary, May 31, 1744 ; Timothy, Dec. 14, 1746 ;t John, 
Nov. 5, 1749 ; Sarah, 1752, who married Levi Forbes ; Ra- 
chel, who married Elam Luddington and David Burnham ; 
Anna ;t Elisabeth, who married George King. 

Joseph, married Mary Granger. They had Josiah, Sept. 
4, 1762 ; Mary, March 9, 1765 ; Daniel, Oct. 10, 1767 ; An- 
na, who married John Monroe ; Joseph, Asahel, Timothy. 

Josiah, married Eve Ely Gates, 1795. They had Mary 
Granger, Lydia Caroline, John. 

Asahel, married Mary Colone. They had Thomas,t A- 
sahel, Mary, Eliza Ann, Thomas, Jane, Joseph, Charles, 
Francis. 

John, married Catherine Lane, Nov. 8, 1653. They had 
Hannah, Nov. 2, 1655 ; John, Sept. 15,1657 ; Samuel, Jan. 
9, 1659 ; Daniel and Mary, April 13, 1664 ; Elizabeth, Nov. 
21, 1666 ; David, Nov. 14, 1668. 

TYLER, 

John, married Mabel Bradley, April 20, 1786. They had 
Vmma, Feb. 20, 1789 ; John, June 29, 1792; Twins, June 
1796 ;t William, June 26, 1799 ; Jerusha Louisa. 

UTTER, 

Abraham, married Lydia Russel, June 27, 1715. They 
had Abraham, March 7, 1716; Lydia, July 24, 1720 ; John, 
Dec. 18, 1722; Isaac, Feb. 22, \7 C 15. 

WANT WOOD, 

Benjamin, had Benjamin, July 20, 1712; Jeremiah, Feb. 
.20, 1714. 

WALKER, 
.TAMES, married widow Abigail Everton, They had John, 



Names, Marriages, arid Births. 159 

Oct. 15, 1764 ; William, Feb. 6, 1766 ; Mary, Jan. 29, 1770,, 
who married Allen Frost and Chandler Pardee. 

William, married Eunice Chedsey, Dec. 9, 1787. They 
had John, William, James. 

WAY, 

THOMAS, married Anna . They had Daniel, Eb- 

enezer, Elisabeth, John, David, Mary, Hannah. 

David, had Esther, Sept. 1720 ;t Marv, March, 1722 ;t 
David, July 25, 1723 ; Mary, Feb. 13, 1725; Hannah, May 
6, 1727; Thomas, Oct. 25, 1728. 

JAMES, married Dorcas Luddington. They had Mercy, 
Aug. 30, 1728 ; Hannah, 1 735 ;t Mary; James, Jan. 5, 1741 ; 
Timothy, March 16, 1745. 

Timothy, married Abigail Dawson, Oct. 4, 1765. They 
had Abigail, Dec. 7, 1766. — 2d wife, Rhoda Rose ; had Tim- 
othy, Dorcas,t James, Jared, Rufus, Rhoda, and 7 more, who 
died young. — 3d wife, Hannah Shepard, 1792 ; had Dorcas, 
Elisabeth, Thomas, William, Ame, Infant.t 

WHEDON, 

Daniel, married Abigail Granger. They had Sarah, who 
married Jedediah Darrow ; Lucretia, who married Saul Root ; 
Grace, who married Henry Hughes ; Denison, who married 
Mary Parish; Abigail, who married Hopson ; Asenath. 

WEDMORE, 

Charles, married Lydia Grannis, April 4, 1786. They 

had James, Charles, Daniel, Nathaniel. 2d wife, Polly 

Barnes ; had Sarah, Nancy, Nelson, Wealthy, Mary, Susan, 
Daniel. 

WOODWARD, 

Rev. JOHN, was graduated at Cambridge College, 1693 ; 
was ordained Pastor of the Church at Norwich, Dec. 6, 
1 699 ; assisted in the Council that compiled Saybrook Plat- 
form, 1708; ivas dismissed from his pastoral charge, Sept. 
13, 1716, and was admitted an inhabitant of Nciv- Haven, 
Dec. c 24th, of the same year. He married Sarah Rosewell. 
They had Lydia, 1706, who. married Deodate Davenport, 
1730; Rosewell, 1708; Elisabeth, 1710; John, 1712; Sa- 
rah, 1714, who married Samuel Miles; Richard, 1716 ; 
William, Oct. 18, 1718 ; Mary, 1720, who married Joseph 
Trowbridge. — 2d wife, Mary Gaskill, May 5, 1731; had 
Gaskill. 

Rosewell, married Huldah Hill. No issue, 



[60 Namts, Marriages, and Births. 

John, jttn. married Mary Denison, Sept. 3, 1741, They 
had John, Oct. 6, 1742; Mary, Jan. 23, 1745, who married 
Guidon Bradley, 1766; Lydia, Oct. 6, 1747, who married 
Azariah Bradley, 1764 ; Anna, Nov. 30, 1749, who marri- 
ed Joel Tuttle, 1774 ; Elisabeth, Feb. 6, 1752, who married 
Joseph Heminway, 1769 ; Huldah, June 17, 1754, who mar- 
ried Jared Heminway, 1774 ; Mabel, April 16, 1757 ;t Ste- 
phen, June 16, 1758. 

John, 3d, married Ruth Curtiss. They had Hezekiah, 
June 13, 1763; John, Dec. 27, 1768; Jeremiah, Aug. 5, 
1771 ;t Mary, May 8, 1773, who married Eleazer Hemin- 
way ; Rosewell, Nov. 7, 1775 ;t James, July 12, 1780.1 

Hezekiah, married Asenath Bradley, April 13, 1794. 
They had Mary, Ruth, Asenath, Jeremiah, Jennet,t Jennet, 
James, Hezekiah, Richard,! Richard. 

John, 4th, married Mary Davenport, Jan. 15, 1794. They 
had, Clarissa, Rosewell, Eliza, Emeline, John,t Lyman and 
Leura. 

Stephen, married Elizabeth Morris, Jan. 20, 1780. They 
had William, Anna, Elisabeth, Lydia, Sarah, Jeremiah, Al- 
mira, Harriet, Stephen, Augustus.! 

Richard, married Susan Deluce. They had Susan, Bet- 
sey, who married Amos Morris, jun. ; Richard, Peter, Rose- 
well, John, Sarah. 

William, married Mabel Chedsey. They had Sarah, 
who married Samuel Page ; Mabel, who married Jesse Den- 
ison ; Rosewell, William, Josiah, Abraham ; and six died in 
infancy, 

Gaskill, married Anna Butler. No issue. 

Peter, brother of Rev. John, married widow Hannah 
Pardee, Jan. 5, 1725. They had Samuel, Dec. 11, 1727. 

Samuel, married Abigail Lampson, Nov. 22, 1750. They 
had Abigail, July Ll, 1754, who married William Day : In- 
fant,! Mary, who married Godard. 



jY. B. An omission belonging to page 146. next to the 4th line from 
top ; which may be added at the end of the family record. 

Ezra Rowe married Huldah Chedsey, Feb. 1, 1773. 
They had Elizabeth, July 11, 1774, who married Heman 
Hotchkiss; Elijah, June 18, 1776 ; Samuel, April 8, 1778; 
Levi, March 5, 1780; Huldah, April 27, 1783; Ezra, Feb. 
25, 1786; Hervey, Oct. 26, 1788; Sarah, June 26, 1790: 

Frances, Oct. 13, 1792. 

-r». 



PART III. 



CONTAINING AN 

ACCOUNT OF THE DEATHS 

IN THE 

FAMILIES NAMED IN THE SECOND TART. 



THE present place of burial in East-Haven, was seques- 
tered for that use in 1707. Previous to that time, some of 
the dead were buried on the west side of the Green ; but 
they were generally carried to New-Haven. And previous 
to the year 1773, the catalogue is irregular and imperfect. 
It was collected, principally, from the records of East-Ha- 
ven, New-Haven, and the monuments of the graves. From 
the year 1773, it is regular, and generally accurate. 

[JV. B. — 6.. stands for day e, w for weeks, and m. for months.] 

Age 
1647. Thomas Gregson, first white settler in E. Haven. 

1650, Oct. 9, Mary, a child of Deacon John Chedsey, 2w. 

1651, Jan. 2, Elizabeth, a child of Matthew Rowe, 8m. ! 
Oct. 6, Ephraim, a twin child of Thomas Morris, 3d. 

1652, Sept. 3, Daniel, a son of Matthew Rowe, M 20m. 

1653, June 28, John, a son of George Pardee, 20m, 

1659, Edward Hitchcock, one of the Southend men. 
Joseph, a son of Matthew Rowe, !~ 

1660, Sept. 8, Son of Henry Lindon. 

1662, May 27, Matthew Rowe, the first of that family. 

June 13, Hannah, a child of John Potter, 6m. 

Wm. Luddington, the first of this name & family. 

-Jan. 2, Hannah, child of Matthew Moulthrop, jr. 10m. 
J .663, Jan. 2, James, a son of James Denison, 1 

May 26, John, a son of Thomas Smith, lOw. 

Aug. 10, John, son of John Potter, 14m. 

31, John, son of John Davenport, jun. 7w. 

1664, Dec. 4, Anna, wife of John Morris. 
1667, June 4, Daniel, son of Deacon John Chedsey. 10 



*62 Deaths and Ages. 

1667, John Lindon and Michael Delano. 
Elizabeth, wife of Nicholas. Pinion. 

1668, Oct. 16, John, son of James Denison, 3 
Francis Browne, the first of that family. 

Oct. 21, John son of Eliakim Hitchcock, 2m. 

Rebecca, child of John Cooper, jun. 2 

Dec. 22, Matthew Moulthrop, the father of this name. 
Elizabeth, wife of John Morris. 

1669, Aug. 17, Joseph Potter. 

Oct. 31, Edw'd Patterson, one of the Southend men. 
Nov. 16, Samuel, son of John Potter, 1 

Matthias Hitchcock, one of the South-end men. 

A child of John Morris. 

1670, William Hunter. 

Dec. 21, Infant son of John Potter. 

1672, Jan. 14, Thomas, a son of Thomas Smith, 5m. 
May, Jane, widow of Matthew Moulthrop. 

1673, Ap. 27, Benj. Linge, a first settler at Stony River. 
July 11, Eliphalet Ball, 23 

21 , Thomas Morris, father of the Morris family. 

1674, Ap. 22, Rev. Nicholas Street, father of the Street 

family. 
Dec. 11, John Thompson, father of the East-Haven 
Thompsons. 

1675, Jan. 23, Mary, child of John Austin. 

Feb. 10, John, a son of John Austin. 7 

June 15, Hannah, wife of John Potter, in childbed, 36 
Aug. 28, Benjamin Lixon. 

1676, March 4, Win. Andrews, a purchaser of Southend. 
April, Nicholas Pinion. 

Mary, wife of Thomas Barnes. * 
Henry Luddington, a young man. 

May 2, Rebecca, wife of Jonathan Tuttle. 

June 3, Thomas, son of William Holt, 23 

1677, Elizabeth Rose. 

Oct. 14, Samuel, son of Matthew Moulthrop, 4m. 

1679, Ralph Russel, the father of the E, Haven Russels. 
1681, John Russel. 

Ann Mew, only child of Ellis Mew. 
1683, Ap. 4, Mary, wife of John Austin — and her Infant. 

Oct. 27, Mary, a child of John Austin, 3 

John Pardee, 30 

£684, Edward Vickars — and Edmund Tooley. 

Aug. 3, Edward, son of Ralph Russel, 10 



Deaths and Jlges, 163 

1684, Aug. 13, Mercy, wife of George Pardee, jun, 
Dec. 30, Elizabeth, wife of William Tuttle. 

1687, Joseph, son of Joseph Russel, 5w, 

1688, Elizabeth, wife of Deacon John Chedsey. 

July 16, Elizabeth, daughter of do, 20 

Dec. 31, John Chedsey, Deacon of the first Church, 

N. H. and father of all the Chedsey family, 67 

1689, Sept. 21, Ailing, son of Ailing Ball. 

Oct. 27, John, son of Joseph Pardee, 7 

Nov. 23, John Cooper. 

William Roberts. 

Dec. 1 3, John, son of Ebenezer Chedsey, 2 

1690, Feb. 22, Dorothy, wife of Capt. Ailing Ball. 
John Austin, the father of the East and New -Ha- 
ven family. 

John Asbill. 

Joseph Tuttle, 62 

April 8, Eleanor, widow of John Thompson 1st. 
Dec. Mercy Mallory. 

1691, Feb. 1, Matthew Moulthrop, jun. 53 

15, Thomas Mallory, 30 

1692, Jan. 15, Anna, wife of Caleb Chedsey. 

1693, Feb. 13, Serg't John Thompson, jun/ 

John Chedsey, 42 

1695, James Tailor. 

1699, Aug. 4, Abigail, child of Thomas Goodsell, 2 

1700, George Pardee, the father of the East and North - 

Haven Pardees, 71 

1701, Sept. 19, Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Pardee, 

Nov. 1, Mary, child of Samuel Russel, 3 

1702, June 4, Jane, widow of Thomas Gregson, above 80 
Aug. 17, A child of Samuel Russel. 

1703, Dec. 25, Hannah, wife of Caleb Chedsey. 

1704, Feb. Ann, widow of Eliis Mew. 
May, Eliakim Hitchcock. 

Oct. 5, Ralph, son of Samuel Russel, 14m. 

1705, Jan. Lieut. Samuel Hotchkiss. 
Nathaniel Boykim. 

1707, Feb. 19, James, a child of Samuel Hotchkiss, 8d. 

July 28, Elizabeth, child of Wm. Luddington, 8 

April 22, Lydia, child^of Daniel Collins, 2m, 
Nathaniel Hitchcock. 

Nov. 26, Samuel Potter, .32 
Dec. Serg't John Potter, the father of the East- 
Haven Potters, 70 



164 Deaths and Ages. 

1707, Dec. 22, Joshua Hotchkiss. 

1708, Jutiv 1, Mary, a child of John Moulthrop, 10 

1709, Feb. 27, Mary, wife of John Hitchcock. 

March 14, Abel, a s.m of Joseph Chedsey, 7d. 

27, Sarah, a child of Henry Luddington, 6 '" 

May 22, Sarah, wife of John Dawson, 21 

1710, Jan. 12, Hannah, wife of John Morris, 59 
Feb. 27, Mary, wife of John Hitchcock. 

July, C apt. Ailing Ball, jun. 54T- 
Oct. 10, Thomas Pinion. 

15, Hannah, wife of Thomas Tuttle. 

19, Thomas Tuttle, 68 

1711, May 1 1, James, a son of Samuel Hotchkiss, 2m. 
July 8, Abigail, daughter of Thomas Smith, 28 

-Sept. 20, Samuel Heminway the 1st, about 75 

Dec. 10, John Morris. 

1712, Joseph Chedsey, 57 
Thomas Barnes, jun. 59 
Jemima Wooding. 

Joseph Morris, 56 
Dec. 17, Martha, wife of the Rev. John Davenport, 
Stamford. 

25, Samuel Thompson, 56 

28, Abigail, daughter of do. 8 
Sarah, wife of Eliakim Hitchcock. 

1713, Jan. 3, Elisabeth, wife of Issac Bradley, 56 

12, Isaac Bradley, father of the E.Hav.Bradleys, 62 

19, Widow Hannah Hotchkiss, 41 

30, Samuel Moulthrop, 36 

Feb. 20, Deacon Caleb Chedsey, 52 

14, Serg't John Moulthrop, 46 

March 12, Serg ? t John Potter, jun. 46 

April 22, David Austin, 43 

'—May 16, Thomas Goodsell, 67 

Oct. 24, Lydia, child of Daniel Collins, 3 

Dec. 13, Elisabeth, child of John Luddington, 3 

17, A child of Richard Darrow, 6m. 

2714, Jan. 30, Hannah, 2d wife of Robert Dawson, 49 

May 23, Mary, wife of Thomas Alcock. 

July 14, Silence, of Joshua Austin, 4m. 

1715, Feb. 5, Abraham, child of Abraham Heminway, 5wr- 
March 12, Elisha, child of Henry Luddington, 7m. — 
Elisabeth, widow of John Potter, jun. 42 

1716, April 28, Joseph, son' of Matthew Moulthrop, 17 



Deaths and Jlges. 165 

1716, June 28, Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer Chedsey, 

killed by the upsetting of a cart, 14 

July 10, Isaac Bradley, jun. 

Oct. 23, Sarah, widow of Capt. Ailing Ball, jun. 57 

27, Daniel Chedsey, son of Caleb Chedsey, 2t 

24, Lydia, of Daniel Collins, 3 

1717, Jan. 16, Rev. Samuel Street, Wailingford, in the 

43d year of his ministry, above 75 

Feb. 19, James, son of Samuel Hotchkiss, 7w. 
Joanna Jones. 

July 20, Abigail, widow of John Davenport, jun. 

Samuel Thompson, 41 

1718, April 24, Sarah, wife of Lieut. Thomas Smith. 

1719, May 8, James Denison, 78 
June 4, Hannah, wife of Isaac Penfield, 27- 
Dec. 19, Edward Grannis. 

1720, Daniel, child of Abraham Chedsey, 1 
April 4, Hannah, child of Eliphalet Pardee, 3 
Oct. 20, Sarah, wife of Rev. John Woodward, 33 

1721, April 25, John Thompson, 3d, 54 

1722, Aug. 15, Isaac, child of Abraham Heminway, 18m. 

1723, March 12, John Potter, 3d, 28 
Sept. 3, Eliphalet Pardee, 45 
Oct. 25, Melritabel, wife of Thomas Dawson. 

Nov. 12, John Pardee. 

Nov. 22, George Pardee, jun. 58 

1724, Feb. 13, Capt. John Russel, 59 
June 26, Samuel Russel, 5S 
Nov. 15, Stephen Rowe, 47 

16, Capt. Thomas Smith, the father of the 

Smith family, about 90 

1725, Jan. 1, Amos, son of Daniel Collins, 20 
March 18, Sarah, widow of Thomas Goodsell, 62- 
James Morris, about 39 
Dec. 4, Eliphalet, son of Eliphalet Pardee, 13 

1726, Feb. 25, Samuel, .son of Samuel Thompson, 6 
April 17, Thomas Morris, 44 

18, Thomas Shepard, the father of the She- 
pa rd family. 
Priscilla, widow of Sergt. John Thompson, 80 

Sept. 26, Ebenezer Chedsey, 61 

James, son of do. 22 

Oct. 8, Samuel Chedsey, 28 

30, John Luddington. 
15 



166 



Deaths and Jlge-t. 



1726, Thomas Way. 
John Auger, 

Dec. 5, Nathaniel Hitchcock, 

10, Anna, widow of Eleazar Morris* 

1727, Jan. 27, William Bradley, 
Thomas Smith, 3d, 
Henry Luddington, 
John Moulthrop, 

Dec. 24, Elisabeth Smith, widow of Thos. Smith, 

1728, Jan. 1, Priscilla, widow of Ebenezer Chedsey, 
April 24, Martha Alcock, 

June 29, Joseph, son of Sergt. John Thompson., 

1729, Rebecca, widow of Nathaniel Hitchcock, 
Daniel, son of Abraham Chedsey, 

1730, James Hitchcock, 

Daniel, son of Abraham Chedsey, 

May 23, Anna, child of Abraham Heminway, 

July 1, Hannah, child of Abraham Chedsey. 

19, Hannah, widow of Rev. Samuel Street. 
Nov. 22, Sarah, wife of John Ball, 

1731, Jan. 1, John Ball, 

Feb. 5, Rev. John Davenport, Stamford, 

James Pardee, about 

John Denison, 

1732, Aug. 28, John Dawson, 
Nov. 8, John Howe, 

1733, June 16, John Holt, 

1734, March 3, Jacob, son of Eleazar Morris, 

8, Mabel, wife of Abraham Chedsey, (with 
twins,) 
April 3, Samuel, son of David Austin, 
Nov. 3, Sarah, wife of John Moulthrop,, jun. 

1735, March 5, Mary, child of Abraham Chedsey, 
John Luddington, 

Those that follow, died with the throat ail. 

1736, Oct. 13, Abigail, child of James Denison, 

27, Andrew, child of Thomas Robinson, 
Nov. 9, Mary, child of Thomas Dawson, 
11, Dorothy, child of Gideon Potter, 
17, Hannah, child of Thomas Robinson, 

Hannah, child of John Hitchcock, 
20, Ame, of Joseph Tuttle, 
27, Comfort, of do. 



40 
48 

45 
30 
48 
31 

51 

57 
2i 
18 
47 
1 
27 
6m. 



75 
82 
62 
45 
54 
55 . 
65" 
&8~ 
4 

39 

2m. 

36 

8 

41 



10 
3 

5 
19 
10 

5 



Deaths and Ages. 167 

i736, Ichabod, of John Smith, 2 

James, of do. 7 

Dec. 25, Lydia, of Samuel Smith, Foxon, 10 

28, Isaac, of do. 2 

Desire, of Joseph Grannis, jun. 4 

30, Samuel, of Samuel Smith, Foxon, 10 

Thankful, of Isaac Howe, 5 

David, of Benjamin Mallory, 2 

1737, Feb. 8, Joseph, of Thomas Dawson, 2 

Daniel, of Daniel Luddington, 9 *— 

9, Mary, of Thomas Dawson, 4 

Hannah, of James Way, i 

Infant of Daniel Bradley. 

25, Samuel of Samuel Thompson, (Foxon,) 5 

Joseph, of Thomas Roberts, 9 

March 12, Mercy, of Samuel Thompson, (Foxon,) 8 

Mary, of do. 2 

July 5, Mary, of Eleazar Morris, 11 

Those who died with other diseases, in 1736 & 7 7, are, 

Stephen Pardee, 40 
A child of Abel Collins. 

Matthias Hitchcock, 61 
1736, Nov. 11, Elisabeth, widow of Samuel Gaskill. 

J 737, Feb. 2, Enoch, of Dan Moulthrop, 1 

3, Sergt. John Heminway, 6 1 *7 

William Luddington, 51 J 

10, Abigail, wife of Joseph Holt, A& 
Child of Edward Cannodis. 

April 3, Mary, wife of Abraham Chedsey, 30 
John Brown. 

Benjamin Moulthrop, 30 

1738, March 6, Lydia, wife of Rev. Jacob Heminway, 57 
May 28, James, of John Smith, 8 
July 11, Samuel Russel, 43 

21, Sarah, wife of Samuel Russel, 42 

Joseph Grannis, jun. at sea, 55 

Samuel Goodsell, 54 

1739, Rebecca, wife of Samuel Barnes. 

Feb. 26, Rebecca, wife of David Austin. 

Samuel Potter, 31 

John Smith, 71 

1740, May 12, Matthew Moulthrop, 3d, 70 



168 Deaths and Ages. 

1740, May 15, Timothy Dawson, 24 

17, Hannah, wife of Daniel Luddington, 
Sept. 5, Mary, wife of Joseph Tuttle. 

Oct. 16, Samuel, of Samuel Smith, Foxon, 4 

Dec. 22, Samuel Hotchkiss, 57 

1741, May 3, Abigail, wife of Thomas Alcock, 58 
June 7, Levi, of Daniel Hitchcock, 2 
Oct. 21, Jerusha, of Gideon Potter, 3m. 

1742, April 8, Stephen, of Stephen Austin, 7 

The following died with fever and dysentery. 

May 15, Joseph, son of John Howel, 8 
Aug. 30, Hannah, child of John Becket. 

20, Mehitabel, of John Russel, 10 

Sept. 4, John, of do. 12 

15, A child of do. 9m. 

9, A child of Daniel Potter. 

Eunice, of do. 11 

12, Desire, of John Howel, 4 

Matthew, of Matthew Moulthrop, 4 

Thankful, of do. 14 

1 3, Sarah, of do. 10 

Joanna Mai lory, 33 

15, Hannah, wife of Daniel Potter. 

Lois, child of do. 5 

17, William, of Deodate Davenport 8 
^-19, Mercy, of Benjamin Mallory, 6 

Dorothy, wife of do. 40 

20, Ilosea, of Daniel Potter, 7 

Mary, of James Way, 4 

22, Timothy, erf Israel Moulthrop, 6 

28, Anna, of Thomas Roberts, 3 
* Titus, of J»hn Dawson. 20 

29, Samuel, of Samuel Holt, 2 
Oct. 1, Enos, of Samuel Smith, Foxon. 10 

5, Eunice, of Thomas Roberts, 7 

6, Abigail, of Jonathan Austin, 4 
9, Abigail, wife of Edward Cannodis. 

Samuel, & another child of Patterson Smith. 

10, Mary, of Thomas Roberts, 5 

1 1, Mary, wife of John Dawson, 52 

12, Eleanor, wife of Samuel Smith, Foxon, 41 

18, Mary, child of John Shepard, 3 2 
Nov. 3, Sergt. John Thompson., 51 



Deaths and Ages. 169 

1742, Nov. 7, Child of Samuel Smith. 

20, Abigail Newman. 

1743, Feb. 21, Punderson, of David Austin, 4w. 
March 31, Sarah Luddington, 29' 
May 30, Thomas Luddington, drowned, 25' 
June 10, Mercy, wife of Joseph Holt, 44 
John Luddington, jun. 20 

The names of those who died with dysentery. 

Aug. 20, Jesse Denison, 25 

21, Abigail, his wife, 24 

24, Tim, of James Indian. 

25, Thankful, of Gideon Potter, 15 
- 26, Samuel, of Samuel Heminway, 4 

27, Moses, of Moses Thompson, 17 

Sept. 1, Sarah, of Enos Potter, 11 

3, Abigail, widow of John Moulthrop. 
Nancy, servant of John Heminway, 75 
Abigail, 2d wife of Nathaniel Barnes, 22 

4, Joseph, of John Heminway, 15m. 

6, Mercy, wife of Joseph Tuttle, 46 

7, Mary, widow of John Heminway, 71 

10, Sarah, of Hezekiah Camp, 2 

11, Mary, of Abraham Chedsey, 8 

15, John, of John Shepard, 12 

16, Jemima, of Daniel Hitchcock, 13 

19, Josiah, of Jonathan Goodsell, 18m. 

20, Matthew, of John Rowe, jun. 19m. 
22, Esther, of David Way, 23 
28, Mary, of John Shepard, 12 
30, Joan, wife of James Indian. 

Oct. 11, Mehitabel, of John Russel, 11 

18, Sibyl, of James Denison, 13 

19, Anna, wife of Capt. Samuel Smith, 57 

Nov. 23, Mercy, widow of William Luddington, 75 

1744, Jan. 9, Mercy, relict of John Thompson, 77 
Feb. 18, Stephen, of Stephen Austin, 9m. 
June 23, John Howel, S5 
Oct. 15, Josiah, of Jonathan Goodsell, 9m. 
Nov. 19, John Morris, 60 
Dec. 24, Desire, of Gideon Potter, 9 

1745, May 30, Serg't Samuel Goodsell, 61 
June 2, Sarah, wife of Matthew Moulthrop 4th, 38 

\5* 



170 Deaths and Ages. 

1745, July 19, Jacob, of Patterson Smith. 4m. 

29, Abigail, of John Washburn, 7 

Aug. 3, Matthew, of Matthew Moulthrop, 3 

15, Mary, widow of Matthew Moulthrop 3d, 68 

26, Mary, of Isaac Chedsey, 10 

Two children of Thomas Robinson. 

1746, Feb. 14, Rev. John Woodward, 74 
July 1, Jared, of Zebulon Bradley, 2m» 
Sept. 3, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Whedon. 

Nov. 2, Thomas Goodsell, jun. A. M. 42 

1747, Jan. 20, Daniel Potter, 46 

1748, April 28, Matthew Moulthrop. 

Samuel Holt — at sea, 35 

1749, Jan. 9, Sarah, relict of John Thompson, 54 
April 7, Rachel, wife of Noah Tuttle, 46 
Sept. 1, Sarah, of Enos Potter, 11 

9, Rosewell, of Deodate Davenport, 7 

Oct. 1, Ebenezer, of Ebenezer Darrow, 7 
'1750, Jan. 15, Loly, of Benjamin Pardee, jun. 

Eleazar Morris, 62 

Aug. 6, Hannah, of Stephen Morris, 6 

17, Amos, of Stephen Thompson, 5 

>~ Dec. 29, Matthew Rowe, 67 

51, Aug. 22, Lois, of Daniel Auger, 2 

Samuel, of Samuel Hotchkiss, Northford, 5 

29, Sarah, of do. 

Sept. 22, Thomas, of Samuel Holt, 4 

27, Elizabeth, second wife of Sam'l Barnes, 45 

Anna, of Daniel Holt, 10 

Oct. 13, Thankful, of Gideon Potter, 5 

3 1 , David, of Daniel Holt, 7d. 

Nov. 20, Samuel Goodsell, killed at a saw-mill in 

Northford, by a log rolling upon him, 41 

Dec. 19, Elizabeth, wife of John Potter 3d, 78 

1752, May 26, Levi, of David Potter, 6m. 
Aug. 11, Abraham Heminway, killed by lightning, 15 

Benjamin Smith, blind and insane. 

15, Eliphalet, of Ebenezer Pardee, 1 

1753, Jan. 2, Sarah, wife of Jacob Goodsell, 25 

20, Hannah, wife of Thomas Shepard, jun. 17 
Infant of do. 

Nov. 1, Isaac, of Thomas Shepard, 15 

_ 7, John Luddington, 58 

1754, May 21, Noah Pardee, 33 



Deaths and Ages, 171 

1754, June 10, Lois, child of Joshua Austin. 

Aug. 27, John, of Patterson Smith, 10 

Sept. 25, Peter Woodward, 58 

Oct. 7, Rev. Jacob Heminway, 70 

22, Isaac Penfield, 70 

Dec. 26, Thomas Smith 4th, of small -pox, 35 

30, William, of Deodate Davenport, 10 

1755, Abigail, second wife of Deacon Thomas Smith, 76 

1756, Feb. 17, Isaac, of Enos Potter, 20 
March, Dorcas, third wife of Samuel Barnes. 

June 10, Jemima, wife of Stephen Smith, 27 
11, Daniel Holt, 45 
July, William, of Jonathan Roberts, 2 
Sept. 8, Samuel Thompson, 46 
27, John, son of Amos Morris, 3 
Mercy, second wife of Caleb Hitchcock, and for- 
merly widow of Samuel Holt, 46 

1757, April 2, Thomas Alcock, 80 

20, Capt. Samuel Forbes, 54 

1758, March 23, Samuel Bradley, 72 
May 7, Mary, wife of Nathaniel Luddington, 62 
June 18, Lydia, wife of Capt. Deodate Davenport, 52 
Dec. 30, Gideon Potter, 57 

1759, Jan. 12, Thomas Dawson, 72 

29, Dan Moulthrop, of consumption, 56 

1760, Jan. 13, Capt.Zebulon Bradley, N.York, small-pox, 46 
Feb. 12, Lydia, widow of Dan Moulthrop, meazles, 43 
March 29, Deacon Joshua Austin, 86 
May, Abel, son of Abel Smith, 18 
July 25, Elizabeth, child of Amos Morris, 3 
Sept. 6, Elizab. daughter of Rev. John Woodward, 50 
Dec. 6, Rebecca, wife of Matthew Rowe, 76- 

8, Mary, widow of Samuel Goodsell, above 70 
Mehitabel, widow of Deac. Joshua Austin. 
22, Lydia, wife of Abel Smith, 45 

1761, Jan. 1, Caleb Chedsey 3d, 23 

Deacon Daniel Hitchcock, 52 

Sarah, wife of John Shepard, 49 

Abigail, wife of Caleb Chedsey, jun. 62 

10, Elizabeth, wife of Azariah Bradley, cons. 21 

16, Joseph Tuttle, 68 

22, Samuel, son of Isaac Chedsey, 7 

23, Abigail, widow of Deac. Daniel Hitchcock, 53 
27, Isaac Pardee, 37 



172 Deaths and Jlges. 



5' 



3 761, Jan. Abraham Chedsey, 60 

Bathsheba, his wife, 53 

Feb. 3, Thankful, of Gideon Potter, 8 

17, Moses Thompson, 63 
William Woodward, 43 
Lydia, widow of Russel Grannis. 

[This winter, there was a great mortality among 
heads of families, some of which are above named. 
The disease is said to have been a very malignant 
pleurisy. Of those who had it, very few survived, 
and some of the sick died in a few hours.] 

Feb. 24, Benjamin Barnes, 68 

June 1, Eliphalet Luddington, 63 

John Pardee, of North- Haven, 77 

July 5, William, son of Stephen Morris, 2 

Dec. 3, Deacon Deodate Davenport, Esq. 55 

i 762, April 17, John Heminway, 45 

July 21, Capt. Samuel Barnes, 63 

Sept. 3, Amasa, of Samuel Tuttle, 5d. 
Deacon Thomas Smith, about 90 

1763, May 8, Mary, wife of John Russel, 66 

June 10, Lois, child of Joshua Austin, 4 

July 6, A daughter of Abraham Bradley, 6w. 

Aug. 7, Infant of Samuel Tuttle, id. 

George Pardee the 3d, 73 
•1764, March, Ziba Robinson. 

Aug. 29, Abigail, wife of Joshua Austin, 31 

Oct. 23, Sarah, 2d wife of Capt. Stephen Smith, 28 

Nov. 19, Sarah, wife of Dan Bradley, 34 

1765, Jan. 6, Capt. Samuel Smith, 84 

27, Desire, wife of Rev. Nicholas Street, 20 

May 7, Jared, son of Abraham Bradley, 4m. 
July 15, Mercy, wife of Samuel Davenport. 

26, Enoch, son of Jacob Hitchcock. 

Dec. 30, Desire, widow of Moses Thompson, 58 

1766, June 9, Thomas Robinson, 73 
July 7, Mary, child of Joel Tuttle, 3 

12, Stephen, of Joseph Bishop, 3 

Dec. 15, Abigail, wife of Timothy Way, 23 

1767, Jan. 8, Elizabeth, widow of Isaac Penfield, and 

wife of Caleb Chedsey, jun. 62 

18, Rebecca, wife of Abel Collins, 65 
Feb. 4, Lieut. Isaac Blakeslev, 63 



Deaths and Ages. 1 73 

1767, March 19, Gideon Potter, 41 
May 28, Samuel, son of Samuel Thompson, 24 
Aug. 9, Lydia, of Samuel Smith, (Foxon,) 22 
Sept. 5, Mary, wife of do. 63 

9, Gideon, of Gideon Potter, 3 

1768, Jan. 25, Jesse, of Eliphalet Pardee, North-Haven, 10 
July 7, Levi, son of Samuel Goodsell, jun. 23 
Sept. 21, Eleazar Brown, 72 

1769, March 5, Abigail, child of Jacob Hitchcock. 

4, Jacob, child of do. 
April 1 8, Penfield Goodsell, 27 

May 3, Moses Augustine, son of Rev. N. Street, 14w. 
Sept. 14, Joseph Bishop, 64 

1770, March 21, Widow Mary Pardee, N. Branford. 

Aug. 31, Anna, child of Timothy Tuttle, 16 

Abigail, wife of Nathaniel Jocelin, 70 

Samuel Smith, (Foxon,) above 70 

Oct. 3, Bethiah Miles, child of Samuel Tuttle, 7 

Nov. 2, Mary, wife of William Luddington, colic, 60 

1771, April 10, Samuel, child of John Chedsey, 10 
June 16, Deborah, widow of Samuel Chedsey, 77 
Sept. 29, Enos Pardee, Northford, 81 

1772, April 5, Bethiah, child of Samuel Tuttle, I4d. 
May 2, Dorcas, child of Timothy Way, 2 
Sept. 9, Elizabeth, child of Samuel Barnes, 17m. 

The number of deaths in the preceding catalogue, is 507. 

— QQO— 

IN the following catalogue, no names are mentioned, but 
those that belonged within the town of East-Haven. The 
other names are placed in the Appendix. 

A part of the following catalogue was recorded by Rev. 
Mr. Street; and he generally dated on the day of burial. 
This error in date, I have in some instances corrected. 

Deaths, Diseases, and Ages. 

1773. 

Jan. 9, Huldah, wife of Rose well Woodward, consump. 60 

21, Elizabeth, child of Benjamin Bishop, 2 

26, Mary, wife of Samuel Smith, (Foxon,) childbed, 28 

Feb. 7, Patterson Smith, fit, 63 

17, Hezekiah, son of Ichabod Barnes, croup, 5 

24, John, son of John Fuller, canker rash, 4 



174 Deaths, Diseases, and rfges. 

Feb. 28, John, of David Moulthrop, croup, 

March 8, Sarah, of John Fuller, £ canker rash 6 

Lois, of do. buried together, $ ' 4 

12, Abraham, of Jacob Pardee, 1 

Chloe, a black child of Sarn'l Thompson, c. rash, 4 

29, Abel Collins, fit, 67 

April 21, Edward Russel, pleurisy, 75 

May 6, Thomas, of Thomas Allen, 2 

June 18, Samuel Amma, of Samuel Tuttle, croup, 6 

30, Mehitabel, wife of Daniel Bradley, dysentery, 71 

July 2, Sarah, wife of James Denison, dys. 47 

7, Sibyl, child of Jacob Bradley, dys. 15 

10, Dorothy, of James Denison, } dys. 10 

James, of do. bu ried together, 5 dys. 5 

Mary, of Stephen Bradley, dys. 10 

30, Thankful, wife of Joseph Mallory, dys. 43 

Aug. 15, Infant of John Goodsell, 2d. 

21, John, son of John Barnes, dys. 6 

27, Lydia, of Abraham Chedsey, 1 

Sept. 10, Rose well Woodward, fit, 66 

17, Sarah, wife of Caleb Hitchcock. 

23, Abigail, child of Josiah Bradley, 8m. 

27, A child of Stephen Monlthrop, 6 

Oct. 4, Infant, of Noah Tucker, Id. 

Nov. 1 9, Jared, of Elisha Andrews, dys. 3 

Dec. 2, Edward Veal, 80 

25, Cajoe, servant of Amos Morris, drowned, 45 

30, John Deliverance, died at sea, 30 

• 1774. 

Jan. 4, Thomas, of Ichabod Barnes, 4 

Feb. 11, Benjamin, son of James Smith, 20 

16, Child of Russel Grannis, 5 

26, Elisabeth, of Samuel Holt, cholera, 5m. 

March 2, Mary, widow of Rev. John Woodward, 82 

12, Diana, wife of Richard Darrow, 84 

Sept. 16, Lois, of widow Lois Moulthrop, dys. 4 

Charles O'Neal, at sea, 29 

27, James Denison. lockjaw, 55 

Oct. 12, John, of Azariah Bradley, crash, 6m. 

18, Lieut. John Russel, consump. 80 

Desire, daughter of Timothy Thompson, dys. 18 

22, Martha Slaughter, dys. 48 

25, Lucretia, child of William Bradley, dys. 8 

Nov. 7, Desire, wife of Benjamin Smith, dys. 51 



Deaths, Diseases, and Ages. 1 75 

Nov. 10, Huldah, of Levi Pardee, dys. 1 

12, Mehitabel, of Benjamin Pardee, dys. 12 

1775. 

Jan. 1, David Penn Gaylord, 77 

Feb. 5, Trueman, of Joseph Russel, c. rash, 8m. 

March 17, Child of David Mallory, c. rash, 1 

19, Richard Darrow, 94 

April 30, Jacob Goodsell, burnt in a fish house, 52 

May 1, Job Smith, consump. 58 

4, Infant of Thomas Allen, 2d. 

9, Timothy, of Elisha Andrews, cholera, 2 

July 12, David, of Joseph Bishop, by lightning, 17 

Aug. 10, Amos, of Dan Goodsell, gravel, 24 

Oct. 28, Stephen Morris, dropsy, 60 

Nov. 7, Hannah Howe, consump. 28 

11, Child of William Bradley, 18m. 

Dec. 3, Child of Stephen Pardee, 18m. 

Lyman, of Abel Smith, 5 

1776. 

April 26, Edward Russel, jun. pleurisy, 47 

27, Joseph Hotchkiss, consump. 50 

Aug. 15, James, of Job Smith, consump. 15 

Sept. Elijah, of Job Smith, in battle on Long Island, 18 

Samuel Smith, (half-mile,) dys. 37 

John, of Elam Luddington, crash, 15m. 

Benjamin Bishop, consump. 30 

Thomas Smith, burnt in afire ship, 34 

Oct. 16, Amasa, of Ambrose Smith, fever, 7m. 

18, Child of Gershom Scott, 2 
Anna, of James Broton, 4 

Nov. 12, Hannah, wife of Stephen Thompson, nerv. fev. 52 

Nathan Andrews, died a prisoner, N. Y. 32 
^1777. 
Jan. 6, Ame, wife of Jedediah Andrews, jun. and infant, 

in child-bed, 18 

March 30, Caleb Hitchcock, 65 

April 5, John Mallory, 24 

19, Timothy Tuttle, jun. fever, 17 

20, Street Chedsey, pleurisy, 20 
24, Mary Forbes, 70 

May 24, Infant of Joseph Mallory, 3w. 

July, Black child of John Woodward, whooping cough, 1 

17, Russel Grannis, consump. 50 

Sept. 1, Lydia, wife of Deac. Amos Morris, mortification, 50 



176 Deaths, Diseases, and Deaths. 

Oct. 25, Deac. Samuel Heminway, Esq. dropsy, 65 

Nov. 12, Samuel,' of Levi Chedsey, kicked by" a horse, 3 

Dec. 1, James Thompson, pleurisy, 42 

Isaac Potter; British Prison Ship, N. Y. 18 

3, Abigail, of Samuel Good-sell, c. rash, 2m. 

14, Eli Heminway, drowned, 24 

1778. 

Jan. 17, Sarah, wife of Samuel Bradley, 83 

March 6, Polly, of Samuel Smith, jun. 2 

July 19, Hannah, of Isaa< - uiory, 11m. 

Aug;. 20, Tony, nervous fever, 27 

Oct. 22, Capt. Timothy Turtle, 54 

29, Amos, of Amos Mall;»ry, 2m. 

Nov. 17, Mary, wife of Samuel Holt, 37 

Dec. 31, Daniel Granger, fever, 22 

1779. 

Jan. 12, Capt. Ezra Fields, consump. 48 

17, Mary, widow of John Heminway, b. colic, 58 
May, Infant of Jared Bishop. 

June 29, Mehitabel Pardee, of Levi, croup, 5m. 
July 5, Isaac Pardee, killed at the British invasion of 

East -Haven, 22 

Oct. 21, Zebulon Bradley, killed in battle at sea, 26 

Richard Paul,* 16 

Jacob Pardee, jun.* 21 

Asa Bradley,* small pox, 33 

Abijah Bradley,* 29 

Oct. 23, Isaac, of Capt. Isaac Chedsey, consump. 3 

1780. 

Feb. 12, John Thompson, died at sea, 26 

25, Orpl ana, wife of Samuel Cook, consump. 24 

March 18, Samuel of Levi Potter, c. rash, 10m. 

May 18, John Shepherd, 84 

Medad Slaughter, prison ship, New -York, 20 

Oct. 25, Timothy, of Levi Forbes, scalded, 2 

Nov. 25, Asher Moulthrop, fever, 71 

Dec. 9, Rosewell Bradley, at sea, 25 

13, Daniel Bradley, 84 

1781. 

Jan. 17, Azel, son of Abraham Chedsey, drowned, 12 

Feb. 15, Mary Mallory, consump. 38 

* These four were taken at the same time, and perished in the 
prison ship the following winter. 



Deaths, Diseases, and Ages. 177 

March 19, Giduo, servant of John Woodward, consump. 65 

April 18, John Howe, at Fort Hale, 45 

May 26, James, of John Woodward, c. rash, 10m. 

June 3, Daffe, child of Rose, fever, 5 

8, John Walker, in battle, Long Island, 16 

18, Child of Rose, crash, 5 

July 3, Stephen, of Joseph Bishop, lock-jaw, 14 

7, Sarah O'Neal, nervous fever, 20 

Hannah, widow of Thomas Dawson, 82 

Aug. 5, Lois, 2d wife of Capt. Amos Morris, consump. 48 

Dec. 25, Edward Goodsell, consump. 32 

28, Hannah, wife of Matthew Moulthrop, 74 

1782. 

Jan. 9, Lydia, widow of Caleb Hitchcock, 60 

10, Isaac Luddington, consump. 40 
Infant of Jesse Luddington, 2d. 

Feb. 1, Mehitabel, widow of Samuel Heminway, pleur. 68 

16, Samuel Bradley, dropsy, 32 

March 17, Anna, widow of Timothy Tuttle, consump. 50 

Caleb Bradley, 68 

April 17, Mary, of Stephen Bradley, jun, fit, 15d. 

19, Daniel, of Daniel Brown, whooping cough, 7 

20, Widow Mabel Utter, 75 
May 2, Child of Cuffee, 10m. 
June 10, Catherine Russel, 85 

20, Enos Bradley, fall from mast-head, 20 

July 4, Benjamin Pardee, mortification, 69 

11, Jared Heminway, consump. 33 ' 
Aug. 18, Benoni Pardee, king's evil, 25 
Oct. 27, Abigail, wife of Nathaniel Barnes, colic, 63 

Joseph, son of Daniel Bradley, W. India fever, 19 

Elihu Moulthrop, do. 35 

Dec. 20, Child of Peter and Betty, 14m. 

1783. 

March 5, Desire, wife of Ephraim Chedsey, childbed, 27 

9, Cate, servant of Deac. Stephen Smith, 11 

20, Asahel, infant of Abraham Chedsey, 7d. 

April 1, Levi, son of Samuel Smith, 8m. 

2, Elisabeth, wife of Samuel Shepard, a rupture, 48 

6, Mary ADbot, 70 

7, Peggy, servant of widow Pardee, 30 

8, Infant of Joseph Smith, meazles, 4w. 
May 2, Samuel, of Levi Chedsey, lw. 

12, Sarah, of Samuel Barnes, meazles, 9 

16 



ifS Deaths, Diseases, and Ages* 

June 1, Anna, wife of John Chedsey, leprosy, 55 

July 22, Jeremiah, of Samuel Barnes, small pox, 17 

Aug. 29, Daniel Smith, gravel, 56 

Sept. 7, Emily, of Amos Mallory, e. rash, 2- 

17, John Chedsey, bilious fever, 63 

19, Isaac Bradley, nervous fever, 65 

20, Dan, of Edmund Bradley, 2 
Oct. 20, William Day, bilious fever, 40 

21, Mary Pardee, dropsy, 57 
Nov. 22, Polly, of Elihu Grannis, croup, "5 

1784. 
Jan. 7, Benjamin Smith, cancer, 68 
14, Jedediah Andrews, 3d day ague, 76 
Infant of Thomas Shepard, Id. 
29, Mehitabel, of Joseph Russel, consump. 19 
March 14, Isaac Grannis, jun. nervous fever, 27 
June 2.1j Isaac, of Isaac Barnes, scalded, 18m. 
July 12, Susannah, a twin child of Gurdon Bradley, 2w. 
Sept. 29, Elisabeth, widow of Jedediah Andrews, ter- 
tian ague, 60 
Oct. 1, Elam Lu.xlington, cholera, 30 
Isaac Hotchkiss, fever at sea, 30 
20, Joseph Smith, small pox at sea ? 36 
Nov. 4, Jemima Pardee, pleurisy, 84 
7, Jacob Smith, hurt by lifting, 32 
Dec. 9, Infant of Jesse Luddington, 6w. 

1785. 

Jan. 1, Infant of Sarah Moulthrop, Id. 

Feb. 3, Child of Jehiel Arnold, 2m. 

May 6, Darius Hickox, consump. 2G 

14, David Grannis, drowned offSouihend, 42 

David Mallory, do. do. 36 

22, Desire Pardee, nervous fever, 23 
July 10, Jared Heminway, consump. 36 
Aug. 30, Daniel Chedsey, small pox, 17 

Nancy, of Enos Heminwav, crash, 4 

Sept. 6, Caleb Chedsey, 89 

23, James, of Nehemiah Smith, by opium, 1 
28, Elisabeth, wife of Joseph Heminway, consump. 34 

Dec. 27, Elisabeth, wife of George, fever, * 22 

1786. 

Jan. — , Patience, child of George King, dys. 8 

13, Samuel Thompson, peripneumony, 81 

26, Rebecca, of George King, dys. 2 



Deaths, Diseases, and Ages, 179 

Jan, 27, Sarah, widow of Patterson Smith, fit, 67 

Feb. 28, Elisabeth, of Levi Potter, fits, 4m. 

Benjamin Curtiss, consump. 21 

April 1, Abigail, widow of Henry O'Neal, 100 

March 10, Joseph, of George Lancraft, worms, 9 

June 27, Susannah, wife of Joshua Austin, fever, 50 

Aug. — , Infant of Jesse Luddington, lw.- 

28, Reuel, of Levi Pardee, consump. 10m. 

Sept. 27, Elisabeth, wife of Daniel Auger, pleurisy, 65 

Nov. — , Mary, widow of John Thompson, 85 

Rovve, of Ambrose Smith, 1 

Dec. — , A twin child of Ira Smith, Id. 

Huldah, ofAsaMallory, worms, 2 

Israel, of Samuel Moulthrop, worms, 7 

Thomas Allen, nervous fever, 40 

50, Isaac Mallory, small pox, 55 

1787- 

Jan. 6, Benjamin Ford, shot by his own gun, 35 

8, Jared, of John Shepard, 18 

9, A twin child of Ira Smith, 5w. 
Feb. 17, Hannah, wife of Samuel Heminway, consump. 34 
April 22, Noah Pardee, yellow fever, 30 
June 29, Thankful, wife of Robert Dawson, consump. 60 
July 12, Susannah, dys. 15tl„ 
Sept. 8, Justus, of Stephen Bradley, jun. dys. 4 
Oct. 24, Widow Mary Higgins, 7Q 
Nov. 15, Infant of Jesse Luddington, 5d. 
Dec. 8, Elisabeth, widow of Eben'r Roberts, pleurisy, 60 

1788. 
Jan. 21, Mary, widow of Capt. Ezra Fields, consump. 55 
26, Moses Page, 84 
March 22, Woodward Hervey, of John Hunt, worms, 2m. 
30, Stephen Pardee, jun. small pox, 63 
May 4, Infant of Jared Thompson, 4w. 
7, Olive, wife of Joseph Grannis, smallpox, 56 
July 9, A twin child of Edward Bradley, 4w. 
30, Abigail, wife, and her Infant/of Jacob Moul- 
throp, consump. 26 
Aug. 8, Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Shepard, consump. 22 
Aug. 28, Jared, son of Asa Mallory, cancer, 10 
Sept. 14, Esther, widow of Joseph Hotchkiss, putrid fev. 59 
Loring, of Job Smith, 3 
20, Uriel, son of Edmond Bradley, 2 
Sarah, of John Hunt, kicked by a horse, 9 



180 Deaths, Diseases, and Ages, 

Oct. 9, Daniel Brown, hurt by lifting, 45 

15, Israel Moulthrop, 82 

30, Gideon Hotchkiss, diarrhcea, 19 

Dec. 6, Gideon, of Asaph Hotchkiss, 3w. 

Sarah Clark, fever, 18 

12, Caleb, of Jesse Luddington, cholera, & — 

1789. 

Jan. 11, John Rowe, dropsy, 74 

Feb. 18, Hannah Luddington, asthma, 68 
March 17, Andrew, servant of Capt. Isaac Chedsey, 

dropsy, 28 

27, James, of John Morris, worms, 8 
April 23, Jeremiah Bradley, killed in raising the Church 

house, 22 

June 30, Joel Turtle, cramp, 71 

Aug. 25, Mary, of William Bradley, worms, 2 

Sept. 7, Hannah, widow of John Rowe, consump. 71 

24, Joseph, of Daniel Bradley, 3 

Dec. 7, Widow Lydia Grannis, a rupture, 60 

15, Adah, of Edmond Bradley, 16m. 

23, Mary, wife of Isaac Chedsey, consump. 77 

1790. 

Feb. 17, Esther, widow of Stephen Morris, palsy, 69 
March 9, Eben Tyler, of Moses Heminway, kicked by 

a horse, 4 

21, Mehitabel, widow of Thomas Grannis, palsy, 77 

April 5, Phyllis, 90 

Child of Dick, 3m. 

May 1, Samuel Moulthrop, consump. 60 

Mary Russel, consump. 17 

3, Mercy Pardee, dropsy, 60 

20, Lieut. Isaac Smith, pleurisy, 50 

July 17, Infant of Leavit Pardee, 7d. 

27, James A. Broton, fit, 7S 

27, China, scalded, 35 

Aug. 25, Tabitha, wife of Philemon Auger, consu,mp. 33 

Sept. 3, Isaac, of Jared Thompson, worms, 3 

19, Abraham, of Stephen Turtle, consump. 2 

Russel, of iSathaniel Grannis, worms, 2 

Dec. 12, Abigail, widow of Eliphalet Luddington, 90 

23, Mary, wife of Ambrose Smith, childbed, 39 

31, Elisabeth, widow of Samuel Thompson, palsy, 80 

1791. 

Jan. 9, Hannah, widow of Isaac Bradley, jaundice, 66 



Deaths, Diseases, and Ages. 181 

Feb. 18, Sarah, of John Hunt, mortification, 4m. 

April 16, Reuel, of Chandler Pardee, nervous fever, 4m. 

May 10, Lois, of Matthew Rowe, whooping cough, lOw. 

25, Thomas, Mr. Street's servant, consumption, 57 

John Woodward, jun. 79 

June 25, Mary, wife of John Hughes, consumption, 30 

July 23, Wyllys, of Daniel Austin, cholera, 9m. 

S/^Sept. 8, Lois, widow of Solomon Moulthrop, consump. 45 

12, Mehitabel, widow of Isaac Mallory, consump. 57 

Oct. 13, Henry Freeman Hughes, consump. 68 

24, Joseph Russel, jun. consump. 19 
Nov. 1, Hezekiah ,of Amos Morris, jun. cholera, 18m. 

7, Susanna Roberts, consump. 34 

17, Mary, widow of John Woodward, jun. fit, 76 

Dec. 26, Daniel, of Daniel Hughes, consump. 6m. 

1792. 

March 24, Huldah, child of Amos Thompson, cholera, 1 

May 10, Abigail, wife of Dan Goodsell, gravel, 65 

14, Sarah, of Stephen Thompson, jun. worms, 2 

June 16, Lois, wife of Nehemiah Smith, consump. 36 

Aug. 13, A child of Ebenezer Holt, 1 

Nov. 6, James, of Nehemiah Smith, 1 

15, Electa Lucas, consumption, 18 

Nancy, of Amos Broton, 13w. 

1793. 

Jan. 3, Keziah, wife of Isaac Grannis, 79 

Feb. 2, Ichabod, of Ambrose Smith, 3 

3, Miles, of Sam'l Tuttle, yellow fever, W. Indies, 17 

Isaac Smith, nervous fever, 30 

11, Infant of Samuel Goodsell, whooping cough, 6vv. 

March 8, Comfort, wife of Deac. Stephen Smith, dropsy, 66 

April 18, Jehiel Forbes, consumption, 60 

June 1, Anson, a twin child of Edmond Bradley, 2w. 

Aug. 24, Anna, the other twin of do. 2m. 

July 15, Sarah, of John Morris, canker rash, 13 

25, Timothy Andrews, palsy, 77 
30, Hezekiah Thompson, consumption, 21 

Aug. 12, Capt. Isaac Chedsey, 84 

18, Jeremiah, of Jonathan Goodsell, cholera, 1 

20, Joseph, a twin child of Joseph Heminway, dys. 6 

Oct. 19, Mehitabel, wife of Jesse Luddington, consump. 69 

Nov. Joseph, of Joseph Moulthrop, at sea, 18 

14, Priscilla, widow of Daniel Holbrook, 86 

23, Child of Cuffee, 2 

16* 



182 Deaths, Diseases, and JUges. 

Nov. Daniel Tuttle, yellow fever, W. Indies, 25 

Abraham Eggleston, do. do. 20 

Dec. 23, Jeremiah Woodward, do. do. 22 

1794. 

Jan. 6, Jenny, 70 

22, Eleazar Forbes, 20 

" * 25, Reuel, of Joseph Heminway, canker rash, 9 

50, Infant of Jared Grannis, 3d. 

Feb. 6, Lydia, widow of Matthew Luddington, 82 

7, Abigail, servant of John Woodward, 78 

21, Mary, of Moses Heminway, canker rash, 15 
March 2, Charles Langdon, canker rash, 6 

6, Mary Roberts, 77 

7, Hannah, wife of Timothy Way, jun. childbed, 22 
22, Benjamin Smith, nervous fever, 37 
29, Infant of Capt. Grannis, 3d. 

April 14, Hannah, of David Green, canker rash, 3 

19, .lames, of Amos Broton, canker rash, 1 
May 16, Twins of Edmond Bradiey, 2d. 

20, Hannah, of John Fuller, 2d. 

21, Desire, of Abraham Chedsey, dysentery, 8 
June 17, Mary, of Isaac Bradley, canker rash, 15 
July 30, Hannah, of do. do. 5 
Aug. 2, Lydia, of Freeman Hughes, 78 

• 21, Charlotte, of John Chedsey, canker rash, 18m. 

22, Abraham, of Simeon Bradley, pleurisy, 14 

25, Hannah, wife of Joseph Holt, yellow fever, 52 
Sept. Levins, of Levi Forbes, died at sea, 18 
Oct. 31, Lydia Pardee, consumption, 64 
Nov. 20, Smith, of Christopher Tuttle, canker rash, 2 
Dec. 8, Betsey, of Amos Bradley, croup, 1 

19, Samuel Barnes, died at sea, 32 

1795. 

Jan. 7, Mary, wife of Eleazar Heminway, childbed, 21 

16, Lydia Russel, pleurisy, 68 

July 20, Ambrose Smith, lost at sea, 45 

26, Anna, wife of John Forbes, childbed, 21 

28, Richard Woodward, 80 

29, Dan Goodsell, 71 
Twins of Jacob Moulthrop, 2d. 

Aug. 22, Thankful, wife of Stephen Bradley, a rupture, 72 

31, Samuel Townsend, consumption, 53 

Sept. 2, Jared Barnes, dysentery, 17 

26, Rosewell Woodward, dys. 20 



deaths, Diseases, and Ages, 183 

Sept. 30, Child of Dick, dys. 7 

Oct. 6, Child of Dick, dys. 3 

7, Heminway, of Nathaniel Barnes, dys. 1 

8, John, of John Hughes, dys. 4 

14, Jacob Bradley, dys. 6l 

20, Sarah, of John Chedsey, dys. 15 

23, John, of John Thompson, dys. 12 

24, Hannah, widow of Daniel Smith, dys. 67 
29, Desire, of Samuel Smith, dys. J 5 

Nov. 4, Thate, servant of Capt. Woodward, dys. 70 

5, Hannah, of Ichabod Bishop, dys. 18 

Ransom, of Stephen Thompson, jun. dys. 9 

8, David, of Widow Mulford, dys. 3 

1 2, Leavit, of Leavit Pardee, dys. 8 

15, Mehitabel, of Jared Pardee, dys. 5 

21, A child of Zebulon Bradley, dys. 2m. 

24, Levi Forbes, consumption, 56 
Dec. 7, Hannah Bradley, consump. 36 

15, Matthew Moulthrop, 90 

31, A child of Richard Wilson, worms, 8 

1796. 

Jan. 3, Abigail, wife of Joseph Shepard, childbed, S5 

March 3, Harriet, of Isaac Forbes, 3vv. 

13, A child of CufFee, 2m. 

May 6, Elizabeth, wife of John Russel, childbed, 22 

Jared Smith, died at sea, 04 

Jesse Bradley, lost at sea, 30 

John Pardee, dysentery, 97 

June, Twins of John Tyler, 1 & 2vv. 

July 12, Rebecca, wife of Jared Pardee, consump. 40 

25, A child of Richard Wilson, 2 
Aug. 22, Rachel, of Andrew Davidson, dys. & wh. cough, 1 

26, Eudocia, of Daniel Bradley, dys. & wh. cough, 5 
25, James, of Amma Bradley, dys. & wh. cough, 17m. 
30, Julia, of Thomas P. Cotterel, 3 

Sept. 9, Rebecca Roberts, pleurisy, 75 

1, Justus, of Stephen Bradley, 2 

11, Sarah, of Daniel Bradley, dysentery, 2 

13, Jared, of Amos Bradley, 1 

21, Caleb MouKhrop, dysentery, 23 
Oct. 25, Thankful, wife of Jesse Luddington, consump. 37 

22, Nancy, of Amos Broton, dropsy, lOw. 

1797. 

Jan. 26, Rebecca, widow of Wm. Bradley, pleurisy, 59 



184 Deaths, Diseases, and rfges. 

Feb. 22, Stephen Bradley, diabetes, -73 

28, John Heminway, jaundice, 58 

March 9, Esther, of Amos Thompson, croup, 1 

14, Child of Isaac Forbes, jun. 3w. 

April 10, Jacob Barnes, nervous fever, 37 

May 6, Titus, servant of widow Mary Pardee, consump. 18 

23, Lydia, wife of Josiah Moulthrop, childbed, 41 

25, Hannah Brown, consumption, 24 

June 1, Elizabeth, wife of Deac. Stephen Smith, pleur. 63 

16, Anna, widow of Asher Moulthrop, 84 

17, John Woodward, consumption, 46 
30, John, of Nehemiah Smith, fits, 2 

Aug. Penfield Goodsell, lost at sea, 24 

Nov. 3, Abraham Barnes, quinsy, 20 

30, Amos, of Samuel Barnes, fever, W. Indies, 18 

1798. 

Feb. 27, Capt. Samuel Forbes, consumption, 67 

Amos Shepard, fever, W. Indies, 25 

March 9, Infant of Timothy Way, fits, Id. 

June 5, Nathaniel Bradley, fever, VV. Indies, 20 

Sept. 2, Elizabeth, of Matthew Rowe, cholera, 15m. 

10, A child of Nathaniel Yale, cholera, 3 

Oct. 8, Abraham O'Neal, 82 

Dec. Infant of John Russel, 3d. 

Nathan Andrews, by a fall from a mast, 19 

7, Anna, widow of Timothy Andrews, 80 

10, Nathaniel Barnes, 92 

13, Caleb, of Capt. Caleb Smith, croup, 4 

31, Rinda, of Asaph Hotchkiss, croup, 4 

Margaret Jacobs, 80 

1799. 

Jan. 26, Robert Dawson, 81 

Feb. 8, Jesse Luddington, dropsy, 77 

March 14, Levi Mallory, fits, 50 

23, James, of John Thompson, dropsy in the head, 5 

June 5, Jacob, of Thomas Shepard, dysentery, 7 

July 2i, Mary, widow of David Mallory, consump. 57 

Sept. 2, Wyllys, of Jesse Mallory, drowned, 6 

25, Penfield, of John Goodsell, nervous fever, 21 

Oct. 2, Jedediah Andrews, consumption, 48 

9, Huldah, of Caleb Smith, 2d, croup, 10m. 

Nov. 10, Mary Pardee, dropsy, 82 

Dec. 29, Esther, wife of Stephen Heminway, consump. 27 



Deaths, Diseases, and Ages. 185 

1800. 

March 13, Infant of Edmond Bradley; one of triplets, id. 

30, The other two, buried together, 17d. 

May 26, Cuftee, dropsy; 71 

June 9, Lydia, of Elisha Andrews, 24 

10, A child of Titus Santford, worms, 2 — 
Aug. Eli Fairen, yellow fever, VV. Indies, 21 
Sept. Capt. Joseph Shepard,* 38 

Rosewell Shepard,* 20 

Abiud Barnes,* 19 

Abraham Shepard,* 18 

Dec. 24, Joseph Moulthrop, mortification, 47 

26, Sarah, widow of Caleb Chedsey, bilious fever, 80 

1801. 

Feb. 17, Sarah, widow of Samuel Townsend, fit, 64 

April 2, Betsey, of Richard Spinks, 7 

6, Annis Mallory, consumption, 22 

12, Infant, of Jared Grannis, Id. 

11, Lydia, wife of Samuel Holt, dropsy, 55 
May 22, Isabel, wife of William Everton, dropsy, 67 
June 16, Stephen, of Matthew Rowe, drowned, 9 
Aug. 11, William, of Caleb Smith, 2d, croup, 13m. 
Sept. 25, Martha, wife of Moses Heminway, bilious fev. 49 

28, Betsey, of Moses Thompson, killed by a cart, 12 

Oct. 3, Catherine, widow of Benjamin Robinson, 80 

30, Abraham, of Philemon Auger, dysentery, 4 

1802. 

Jan. 18, Isaac Shepard, nervous fever, 25 

Feb. 9, Stephen Thompson, jun. consumption, 40 

26, Nanne , perished in a snow-storm, 75 

April 6, Mary, of Isaac Forbes, jun. croup, 2 

May 19, Mary, wife of Jacob Pardee, dropsy, 68 
June, A child of Job Smith. 

July, Esther, of Timothy Thompson, meazles, 2 

22, Simeon Bradley, insanity, 71 

25, Samuel Heminway 2d, fever, at Halifax, 24 

Aug. 5, Elizabeth, widow of Jacob Bradley, dysentery, 64 

Sept. 27, Maria Bradley. 

Oct. 9, Hannah, wife of Rev. Nicholas Street, bilious, 61 

Jennet, of Hezekiah Woodward, cholera, 8m. 

23, Clarissa Pardee, consumption, 16 

Gideon Smith, died at sea, 27 

Dec. 17, Amos Wilcox, a twin child of Bela Farnham, 3w. 

: These four were all lost at sea ; ia a pale, with the vessel. 



186 Deaths, Diseases, and Ages. 

1803. 

Jan. 25, Sarah Smith, palpitation, 22 

Feb. 18, Daniel Auger, fever, 88 

20, John, of Nehemiah Smith, cholera, 2 
March 9, Elizabeth, widow of Zebu Ion Bradley, 87 
-j ^-~ 14, Henry, of Asa Luddiugton, cholera, 1 
April 23, Esther, wife of Timothy Thompson, 74 
June 6, Jared, of Asa Luddington, drowned, 3 

23, Samuel Holt,jun. fits, 33 
y^July 1, Lydia, wife of Charles Wedmore, consumption, 34 

9, Elizabeth, wife of Ebenezer Chedsey, consump. 62 

18, James Davidson, 22 
Aug. 4, Amos Broton, small -pox, 31 

A child of John Forbes, dysentery, 2 

16, Amos Mai lory, consumption, 45 

Sept. 1, George, of Abij ah Pardee, dysentery, 8 

Oct. 15, Holbrook Everton, dysentery, 22 

17, Desire, of Ebenezer Chedsey, putrid fever, 24 
Nehemiah Smith, lost at sea, 24 
Roger Smith, do. 20 
David Grannis, do. 20 

Nov. 5, A child of Edmond Bradley, dysentery. 

Betsey, of Samuel Forbes, dys. 2 

Elvira, of Samuel Goodsell, dys. 7 

Dec. 11, Rachel Smith, consumption, 42 

21, Mary, wife of Deacon Samuel Davenport, fit, 66 

22, Lucy, widow of Russell Grannis, jun. 71 
26, Isaac Grannis, fit, 36 

Loly, wife of Thomas Barnes, consumption, 27 

1804. 

Jan. 23, Pamela, wife of Levi Fuller, childbed, 25 

A child of Levi Cooper, 1 

May 15, Moses Thompson, dropsy, 40 

•Sept. 3, A child of Jenkins, by a carriage, 1 

19, A child of Samuel Grannis, rupture, 5w. 
Oct. 26, Charles Bishop, fit, 69 

Orlando Thompson, yellow fever, W. Indies, 20 

Nov. John Chedsey, jun. the same, 24 

10, Lemuel Barnes, consumption, 22 
Dec. 7, Mary, wife of John Hughes, consump. 47 

18, Mary Britton, fit, 29 

1805. 

Jan. 21, Daniel, of Samuel Bradley, consumption, 1 

28, Catherine Russel, consumption, 84 



Deaths, Diseases, and Ages. 187 

Jan. SO, Infant of Timothy Thompson, 3d. 

Feb. 1, Samuel Shepard, 75 
March 24, Sarah Bradley, of Collins Hughes, dropsy, 4 

29, Sarah, of Widow Parks, croup, 5 

May 8, Matilda, of Jacob Chedsey, canker rash, 3 

Aug. 3, Widow Hannah Barnes, 84 

Anson, of Enos Heminvvay, drowned, 18 

Sept. 11, Sarah Smith, of Christopher Tuttle, cramp, 17m. 

29, Flora, servant of James Chedsey, dropsy, 15 
Oct. 16, Eliza Louisa, of Matthew Howe, consump. 2 

26, Hannah, wife of John Hernia way, fever, 30 

Nov. 9, Samuel, of Isaac Brown, croup, 3 

10, Almira, of Isaac Brown, croup, 10m. 

Dec. 3, Zabulon Farren, 86 

10, John, of John Heminway, fever, 4 

12, Sarah, of Moses Thompson, dysentery, 10 

16, Sarah, of Zebra Eggleston, 2 

1806. 

Jan. 7, Rebecca, widow of Joel Tuttle, 87 

29, Infant of Henry Welton, id. 

30, Anna, of Abijah Pardee, fever, S 
May 7, Abijah Davidson, yellow fever, W. Indies, 22 

17, Sarah, widow of Anthony Thompson, 87 
29, Abigail Grannis, consumption, 22 

July 9, Ebenezer Chedsey, consumption, 69 

Sept. 7, Hannah, widow of Isaac Forbes, dropsy, 64 

10, Samuel, of Isaac Brown, cholera, 3w. 

Oct. 8, Rev. Nicholas Street, 76 

Nov. 1, Infant of Bethuel Flagg, id. 

29, Charlotte, of Edward R. Smith, cholera, 8m. 

Dec. 20, Phineas Curtis, pleurisv, 35 

1807." 

Jan. 12, Agnes, wife of Albergin Darrow, consump. 30 

30, Mary, widow of Elihu Moulthrop, 61 
Feb. 19, Ruth, wife of John Woodward, dropsy, 66 
March 27, John Fuller, consumption, 71 
May 20, Hezekiah Bradley, yellow fever, W.Indies, 34 
June 8, A child of Albergin Darrow, consump. 1 

Solomon, of William Bradley, dyseutery, 14 

13, Desire, widow of Zabulon Farren, dyspepsia, 64 
Aug. 10, Jacob Pardee, 80 

14, Daniel Tuttle, dysentery, 58 

11, Maria, of Leveret Bradley, sore mouth, 6w. 

^ept. 17> George Landcraft, hurt by lifting, 83 



188 Deaths, Diseases, and Jlges. 

Sept. 29, Mary, widow of Joel Mulford, consump. 50 

Nov. 26, Timothy Thompson, 88 

30, Sydney, of Jacob Farren, burnt, 4 

Dec. 12, Infant of William Woodward, 7d. 

1808. 

Jan. 13, Infant of Abraham Farren, 2d. 

Feb. 12, A child of Parson Forbes, 6w. 

March 13, Eunice, widow of Samuel Britton, 78 

30, Mabel, wife of Justin Bradley, childbed, 21 
April 12, Sarah, wife of William Woodward, consump. 25 

May 23, Isaac Forbes, consumption, 66 

Aug. 1, Infant of De Grasse Maltby, Id. 

3, Street, child of Widow Mary Curtis, croup, 2 

Oct. 12, Jane, of Edward R. Smith, lung fever, 3w. 

A child of Elizabeth Mallory, consumption, 1 

Nov. 10, Stephen Thompson, 85 

Dec. 16, Sarah, wife of Capt. Isaac Chedsey, fit, 80 

1809. 

Feb. 16, Elizabeth Pardee, consumption, 34 
March 19, Edwin, of Amasa Forbes, consump. 19m. 

April 27, Delina, of Elijah Rowe, cholera, 8 
June 21, Abigail, wife of Joseph Heminway, consump. 56 

Aug. 8, Mary Pardee, consumption, 20 

12, Deborah Chedsey, consumption, 84 

Sept. 3, Infant of Isaac Holt Pardee, Id. 

27, Levi, of Levi Potter, jun. cholera, 6vv. 

28, Hiram, of James Heminway, suffocated by a 

bean, 4 

Oct. 27, Sarah, widow of Abraham O'Neal, 85 

Dec. 27, Infant of Abraham Farren, 4d. 

1810. 

Jan. 11, Jennet, of Samuel Bradley, 2d, cholera, 2 

20, Benjamin Smith, lost at sea, 27 
Henry Welton, lost at sea, 36 
Harriet, of James Bishop, scalded, 2 

March 10, Frances, of Samuel Farren, croup, • 4 

April 3, Timothy, of Rev. Saul Clark, cholera, 3m. 

28, Abraham Chedsey, jun. consumption, 36 
May 11, James Heminway, typhus fever, 35 

18, Abigail, widow of Simeon Bradley, liver com- 
plaint, 68 

29, Laura, of John Heminway, typhus fever, 10 
June 2, Charles Thompson, typhus fever, 28 

21, Infant of Lyman Hotchkiss. 



Deaths, Diseases, and Ages. 189 

July 9, Deacon Samuel Davenport, Esq. 70 

Aug. 5, Sylvester Thompson, 20 

22, Michael Harrison, typhus fever, 35 

Sept. 4, Daniel, of Aner Brown, cholera, 4w„ 

Oct. 7, Sarah Potter, consump. 30 

Capt. Heminway Holt, lost in a gale at sea, 38 

Jesse Bradley, lost at the same time, 17 

Capt. Caleb Smith, lost in a gale at sea, 57 

Edward R. Smith, at the same time, 27 

John Moulthrop, do. 34 

Isaac Grannis, do. 20 

21, Hannah, wife of Abraham Farren, 40 

Nov. 2, John Woodward, diarrhcea, * 68 

17, James Chedsey, peripneumony, 65 

18, John Shepard, jun. typhus fever, 46 
Dec. 6, Desire Chedsey, of Caleb Smith, 2d. croup, 4 

1811. 

\F-eb. 13, Huldah Luddington, fever, 19 

March 18, Chauncey Barnes, drowned, 40 

21, NanGy Bradley, consump. 27 

April 3, Sophia, wife of Parson Forbes, consump. 28 

4, John Shepard, consump. 68 

April 29, Ichabod Bishop, consump. 61 

May 15, Willet Bradley, consump. 27 

17, Comfort, wife of Josiah Bradley, palsy, 68 

June 9, Anna Potter, consump. 19 

16, Frank Davis, typhus fever, 30 

Hubbard, of Parson Forbes, consump. 6m. 

v 26, Infant of Hervey Rowe, 3d. 

July 20, Daniel, of Isaac Brown, cholera, 5m. 

27, Huldah, of Isaac Forbes, jun. 4 

Aug. 19, Horace, of John Forbes, consump. 1 

Sept. 3, Kism, fit, 38 

8, Daniel, of Heman Mallory, cholera, Iw. 

15, Ruth Bishop, burnt, 70 

Asa Luddington, West-India fever, 41 

Isaac Kimberly, West-India fever, 20 

Isaac Smith, lost at sea, 37 

Dec. 3, Henry, of James Bishop, croup, 10m. 

1812. 

Jan. 1, Lois, widow of Jacob Smith, consump. 57 

12, Infant of Todd, 3w. 

Feb. 7, Joseph Grannis, 77 

March 17, Mary Hughes, consump. 22 

17 



190 Deaths, Diseased, and Jlges* 

March 28, Abraham Chedsey, apoplexy, 71 

April 4, Azariah Bradley, palsy, 78 

7, Huldah Hughes, consump. 19 

May 24, Lydia, wife of Chandler Pardee, dropsy, 55 

Aug. 3, Wyllys, of Amasa Mallory, consump. 5m. 

Sept. 11, David Eggleston, 81 
28, Jennet, child of Samuel Bradley, 2d, wh. cough, 5w« 

Oct. 10, Olive, wife of John Eggleston, dys. 56 

1813. 

- Feb. 23, Matthew Rowe, fever, 56 

24, Richard, of Hezekiah Woodward, sore mouth, 3w. 

March 28, Nehemiah Perkins, consump. 24 

April 15, Desire, wife of Stephen Thompson, putrid fev. 30 

May 8, Elisabeth, widow of John Shepard,jr. putrid fev. 67 

17, Amy, widow of John Shepard, 3d, putrid fev. 46 

June 4, Huldah, of Willet Forbes, 3d. 

July 3, William Everton, 80 

Infant of Amos Bradley, Id. 

6, Sarah, wife of Isaac Brown, child bed, 32 
10, Orpha, wife of Solomon Dewy, fever, 32 

A.ug. 2, Levi, of Levy Potter, jun. cholera, 2 8m. 

15, Elisabeth Isaacs, of Rev. Elijah G. Plumb, dys. I8ra. 

23, Lydia, wife of Thomas Shepard, liver com. 67 
.26, Eben, of Asahel Bradley, 2d, dys. 8 

Sept. 2, Merit, of Abner Bradley, dys. 5 

4, Desire Chedsey, dys. 70 

5, Josiah Heminway, dys. 32. 

7, Infant of Harrison, Id. 

8, Martha Elisabeth, of Hervey Heminway, 2 
10, Hannah, wife of Abner Bradley, dys. 31 
14, James, of Amma Bradley, dys. 12 

16, Eli Moulthrop, dropsy, 61 
22, Charles, of Samuel Lindsley, dys. 2 

24, Stephen Augustus, of Stephen Woodward, dys. 5 
27, Abraham, of James Thompson, 1 
30, Jared, of Asahel Bradley, 2d, cholera, 9m. 

Jane, of Samuel Lindsley, dys. 6 

Oct. 1, Henrietta, of Stephen Shepard, jun. dys. 5 

. 4, Esther, widow of Deacon Amos Morris, dys. 77 

6, Mary, wife of Isaac Bradley, bilious fever, 60 

14, Harriet, of Afepjer Bradley, diarrhoea, J. 

17, Jennet, of John Larkins, diarrhoea, 1 

22, Benjamin, of Joseph Bishop, dvs. 7 

Nov. 6, Lois Marina, of Moses A. Street, dys. 6 



Deaths, Diseases, and *flges. 191 

Nov. 10, Abigail, wife of Christopher Tuttle, consump. 49 

21, Deacon Levi Pardee, diarrhoea, 72 
Infant of Jacob Goodsell, 4vv. 

Dec. 30, Ljdia Fields, of Isaac H. Pardee, cholera, 11m. 

1814. 

Jan. 14, Joseph Hawkins, peripneumony, 52 

29, Timothy Way, dropsy, 69 

Feb. 6, Edward, of Tyler Heminway, cholera, 3m. 

14, Wyllys, of Isaac Moulthrop, consump. 4m, 

3 6, Justin Bradley, consump. 27 

July 29, Reuben Moulthrop, diarrhoea, . 51 

SO, Capf. Isaac Chedsey, dropsy, 83 

Aug. II, Reuel Barnes, at Edenton, N. C. typhus fev. 21 

29, Levi Potter, jun. consump. 34 

Sept. 8, Frances, of Rev. Saul Clark, meazles, lOw. 

Dec. 16, Hezekiah Thompson, in the army, 21 

31, Desire, wife of Samuel Thompson, 78 

1815. 
Jan. 10, Jesse Denison, gravel, 69 
11, James Potter, consump. 25 
Feb. 16, Sarah Andrews, consump. S5 
March 23, Lovisa, wife of Joel Bradley, head disease, 43 
24, Anna, wife of Isaac Forbes, consump. 41 
April 7, M ehitabel, widow of Ichabod Bishop, fit, 60 
May 21, Hezekiah Woodward, fever, 52 
June 4, A child of widow Mary Potter, 1 
24, Hannah, widow of Abraham Chedsey, liver af- 
fection, 69 
Aug. — , Swayne Moulthrop, consump. 24 
Sept. — , Anna Maria, of Daniel Rowe, whooping cough, 9m. 
26, Elizabeth Eggleston, dys, 70 
29, Bradley, of Isaac Pardee, a rupture, 8m. 
Oct. 2, Frances Abigail, of Jacob Goodsell, cholera, 10m. 
21, Amos Mallory, dys. 11 
Col. Asa Bray, dys. 60 
Nov. 2, Mary, wife of Amos Thompson, typhus fever, 62 
3, Barney Nelson, of Daniel Rowe, dys. 8 ' 

22, William, of Willet Heminway, dropsy, 2 
Dec. 11, Charlotte, wife of Amos Morris, jun. consump. 32 

15, Julia, of Townsend Bartlett, dysentery, 14m. 

Hannah, wife of Asa Mallory, consump. 67 

Silas Barnes, lost at sea, 26 

Daniel Wed more, lost at sea, 23 

Collins Hughes, lost at sea, 17 



192 Deaths, Diseases, and Ages. 

1816. 

Jan. 5, Moses Heminway, gravel, 54 

22, Deacon Stephen Smith, 92 

29, John Goodsell, fever, 68 

Feb. 3, Amos Broton, of Amasa Mallory, peripneum. 3m. 

March 6, Lois, wife of Edward Russell, pleurisy, 45 

Eunice, wife of Beirj'n Mallory, peripneum. 65 

10, Hannah, wife of Abraham Barnes, consump. 68 

April 19, Leu ramah, wife of Jeremiah B.Davidson, cons. 24 

May, John, of Collins Hughes, 10 

6, John Chedsey, peripneumony, 68 

1817. 

Jan. 14, Asahel Chedsey, consumption, 36 

14, Sarah, wife of Daniel Hughes, cancer, 60 
Feb. Samuel Thompson, peripneumony, 80 
Miy 4, Mary, widow of Levi Potter, jun. consumption, 34 

20, Samuel Tuttle, 78 

June 2, Mary, widow of Samuel Thompson, fit, 52 
Aug. 12, Infant, of Rosewell Auger. 

Sept. 24, Amos Thompson, typhus fever, 66 

Oct. 1, Widow Thankful Luddington, 90 

2, Mary Bradley, consumption, 31 

Dec, 16, Mary, widow of Stephen Thompson, dropsy, 82 

1818. 

Jan. 7, Olive, wife of Justin Luddington, childbed, 20 

Feb. 4, Elisabeth, widow of Benjamin Smith, jun. cons. 31 

13, Sarah Bradley, dropsy, 46 

Jared Grannis, jun. lost at sea, 19 

March 3, Anna, wife of Dan Holt, asthma, 71 

5, Stepner Primus, consumption, 50 

April 5, Am<»s, of Amasa Mallory, lung fever, 7w. 

May 11, Mehitabel Russel, dropsy, 73 

15, Abraham Barnes, consumption, 71 
Sept. 30, Collins Hughes, consumption, 53 
Nov. 1, Joseph Tuttle, consumption, 29 

18, Amma Tyler, yellow fever, St. Kitts, 28 

22, Edward, of widow Flavel, croup, 1 

1819. 

Jan. 11. Benjamin Mallory, palsy, 68 

April 13, Julia Barnes, died instantly, 23 

19, Rosewell, of Wm. Bradley, s. pock, Martinique, 20 

21, Dennis, of William Barnes, consumption, 2 

26, Stephen Woodward, Esq. dropsy, 61 

May 7> Mary, wife of Gurdon Bradley, palsy, *J 75 



Deaths , Diseases, and Ages, 1 93 

Aug. 5, Stephen Pardee, consumption, 33 

13, Stephen Shepard, palsy, 80 < 

26, John Woodward, 51 

Sept. 4, Willet, of Willet Heminway, cholera* 1 

Oct. 1, Sarah, widow of Samuel Moulthrop, 86 

Sept. be- TAlford Warts, lost at sea in a gale, 26 

tween 18 James Smith, do. 22 

and 25, < Warren Smith, do. 21 

Leman Parker, do. 18 

Grin Broton, do. 17 

Nov. 7, George, of Isaac H. Pardee, diarrhcea, 1 

Dec. 13, widow Eleanor Mallory, palsy, 70 

1820. 

Jan. 9, John Davenport, apoplexy, 82 

17, Amoret, of Benj'n Pardee, bowel obstruction, 9m. 

Feb. 12, Merit, of Milton Finch, bowel obstruction, 3 

15, Samuel Bradley, pleurisy, 45 

April 28, Samuel Potter, consumption, 17 

July 15, Sherman Kingsbury, consumption, 56 

Oct. 5, Samuel Thompson, of Sam'l Bradley, 2d, cons. llw. 

16, Sarah -Ann, of Russel Hughes, consumption, 18m. 

Nov. 11, Mary, widow of Isaac Luddington, 81 

1821. 
June 3, Sarah, of Abraham Thompson, 10m. 
July 13, Lois, wife of Moses A. Street, 43 
Aug. 6, Anna, widow of John Chedsey, consumption, 70 
19, Jonathan Finch, consumption, 62 
Sept. 3, Jacob Thompson, by shipwreck, 29 
Oct. 16, Anson Todd, typhus fever, 18 
Nov. 4, Huldah, relict of Jared Heminway, palsy, 67 
5, John, of widow Mary Woodward, accidental- 
ly shot, 14 
13, Mary, widow of Edward Russel, jun. 90 
^16, Capt. Gurdon Bradley, 83 
22, Esther Bradley, typhus fever, 23 
26, Hannah, widow of Timothy Way, palsy, 65 

1822. 

Jan. 1, Phebe, wife of Gurdon Pardee, consumption, 42 

2, Jacob Chedsey 2d, consumption, 43 

8, Caleb Smith, consumption, 51 

22, Willard Bradley, consumption, 26 

May 24, Samuel Stansbury, insanity, 51 

30, Esther, wife of Josiah Moulthrop, by a fall, 58 

June 15, Lydia, of Major Russel, cholera, 

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194 Deaths, Diseases, and Ages. 

July 31, Isaac Holt Pardee, typhus fever, 41 

Sept. 28, Joseph Heminway, consumption, 77 

Nov. 25, Lvdia, child of Amos Morris, 2 

Dec. 24, Lue Adeline, child of Bela Forbes, burnt, 1 

1823. 

Jan. 18, Wm. Broton, hurt in a tavern, 4 days after died, 22 

March 8, Infant, of Wyllys Mallory, id. 

17, Lois, widow of Stephen Thompson, jun. cons. 70 

29, Sarah, child of Samuel Lindsley, lung fever, 2 

April 25, Didamea, wife of Sam'l Smith, (Foxon,) dropsy, 75 

29, Maria, of Milton Finch, consumption, 4m. 

July 7, Mabel, widow of Joseph Bishop, 91 & 8m. 

Oct. 2, Harriet, of John A. Thomas, dropsy, 7 

11, Deacon A. Morris, consumption, 73 

13, Lorana Moulthrop, cholera, 45 

19, Mary, widow of Charles Bishop, consumption, 84 

29, Asenath, of Asahel Bradley, 2d, consumption, 20 

Nov. 7, Josiah Moulthrop, mortification, 70 

8, Samuel Smith, (Foxon,) dropsy, 75 

Deaths in 1824, up to the 20th of August. 

Jan. 18, Milton Finch, consumption, 35 

Feb. 24, Moses A. Street, 53 

29, Mehitabel, widow of Daniel Auger, dropsy, 81 

March 21, Lydia, wife of Isaac Moulthrop, fever, 31 

April 20, Bethiah, widow of Samuel Tuttle, asthma, 82 

29, Benjamin Gates, of Daniel Smith, cramp, 4d. 

May 10, Desire Moulthrop, consumption, 31 

13, Mary, widow of Ebenezer Chedsey, 92 

Aug. 19, Widow Abigail Benham, cholera, 70 



Table of Mortality. 



195 



TABLE OF MORTALITY. 

The following table exhibits the annual number of deaths of 
persons belonging to East-Haven, from the beginning of 
the year 1773 to the end of the year 1823 : — 



In 1773 


34 


1786 19 


1799 


12 


1812 12 


1774 


17 


1787 11 


1800 


13 


1813 39 


1775 


15 


1788 20 


1801 


12 


1814 12 


1776 


13 


1789 12 


1802 


16 


1815 25 


1777 


16 


1790 19 


1803 


28 


1816 10 


1778 


8 


1791 16 


1804 


11 


1817 11 


1779 


11 


1792 8 


1805 


19 


1818 13 


1780 


9 


1793 22 


1806 


13 


1819 18 


1781 


14 


1794 28 


1807 


16 


1820 9 


1782 


19 


1795 32 


1808 


12 


1821 12 


1783 


£0 


1796 22 


1809 


11 


1822 11 


1784 


14 


1797 16 


1810 


28 


1823 14 


1785 


13 


1798 14 


1811 


22 




Whole 


number of deaths, 84 


I. The average number an- 


nually, hi 


is been abc 
lowing ta 


ut I65 for 


the last 5 


I years. 


The fol 


)le will show the comparative amount of 


deaths at different periods of li 


fe:— 






Deaths under one 


year old, 


116 




Under two years, 




49 




Of two years, 




38 


18 of 3 


years, 






19 of 4 


10 of 19 


11 of 34 


9 of 50 


, 9 of 65 


13 of 80 


16 of 5 


21 of 20 


7 of 35 


5 of 51 


7 of 66 


"4 of 81 


10 of T 


11 of 21 ' of 36 


5 of 52 


9 of 67 


8 of 82 


8 of 7 


18 of 22 


6 of 37 


1 of 53 


14 of 68 


4 of 83 


11 of 8 


5 of 23 


4 of 38 


2 of 54 


8 of 69 


11 of 84 


6 of 9 


16 of 24 


1 of 39 


7 of 55 


12 of 70 


. 4 of 85 


J^of 10 


JL? f ~ 5 


8 of 40 


7~of 56 


13 of 71 


3 "of 86 


2 of lT 


7 "of 26 


"4 of 41 


6 of 57 


2 of 72 


3 of 87 


C of 12 


12 of 27 


4 of 42 


5 of 58 


4 of 73 


2 of 88 


1 of 13 


6 of 28 


4 of 43 


2 of 59 


3 of 74 


1 of 89 


4 of 14 


5 of 29 


9 of 45 


14 of 60 


8^of 75 


5 of 90 


7 of 15 


13 of 30 


4 of 46 ■' 


"6" of 61 


~~4*of 76 


1 of 91 


S of 16 


4 of 31 


4 of 47 


3 of 62 


10 of 77 


2 of 92 


11 of 17 


8 of 32 


5 of 48 


5 of 63 


7 of 78 


1 of 94 


16 of 18 


6 of 


33 


2 of 49 


5 of 64 


£of 79 


1 100 



Of seven deaths the ages are not mentioned. 

The fatal diseases prevalent in this town are, Dysentery, Canker- 
Rash, Croup, Pleurisy, Consumption, Nervous and Typhus Fever. — 
P.ilsv and Apoplexy have been frequent among the aged. 

A large number of men were lost at sea — by sickness in foreign 
ports, and by war. Employment in navigation has been exceeding 
fatal to the lives of the seamen of East-Haven. 



196 Deaths, Diseases, and Ages. 

APPENDIX. 

Containing an account of deaths since the year 1773, in the 
families which are mentioned in the second part, but re- 
siding in other towns. 

NEW-HAVEN. 

1779, David Mou lth rop, prison ship, New-York, 26 

1787, Feb. 3, Lois, of Stephen Rovve, buried in East- 

Haven, whooping cough, 5 

1788, Feb. 3, Lois of do. do. 3m. 

1789, Jan. 15, Infant of do. do. 3d. 

1790, Dec. 27, Infant of do. do. 3d. 

1793, Feb. 3, Infant of do. do. 4w. 
1800, Dec. 18, Infant of do. do. 3w. 

1813, Sept. 16, Abigail, wife of do. 52 
1816, Sept 15, Stephen Rowe, 5J 
1786, Jan. 21, Infant of Solomon Barnes, buried in E. H.lw. 

1789, Aug. 9, Lydia, of do. do. whooping cough, 5 

1791, May 11, Lydia, of do. do. cholera, 2d. 

Sept. I, Infant of do. do. 2d 

1803, Sept. 16, Ly-iia, wife of do. consump. 53 

1807, June 10, Solomon Barnes, consump. 54 

1790, Sept. 19, Russel, of Nathaniel Grannis, buried 

in East-Haven, worms, 2 

1803, Oct. 7, Martha, wife of do. do. dvs. 47 
1809, Feb. 3. Chloe, wife of do. 46 
1812, June 5, Nathaniel Grannis, 57 
1811, June 12, Russel Grannis, 45 
1799, Jan. 6, Charles, of John Hunt, buried E. Haven, 10 

1804, June 7, A grand child of John Hunt, do. 
1818, Aug. 24, Jennet, of John Farren, diarrhoea, 1 

Nov. I, Jane of do. do. 1 

1789, Sept. 31, Esther, wife of Addereno Forbes, buried 

in East-Haven, consump. 30 

1821, Oct. 14, Lue, wife of Laban Pardee, buried inE. 

Haven, typhus fever, 20 

BRANFORD. 

1794, June 14, Jared, of Jared Bradley, buried in East- 

Haven, c. rash, 16 

1814, July 15, Sarah, wife of do. do. typhus fever, 66 
1818, Oct. 8, John Bradley, New-Haven, typhus fever, 30 
1803, Nov. A servant woman of Jared Bradley, E. H. 79 

1822, March 22, Elias Bradley, buried in E. H. consump. 36 
1794, Sept. — , Josiah, of Jonathan Goodsell, at sea, 19 
1821, April 17, Abigail, wife of do. 85 



Deaths, Diseases, and Ages. 197 

NORT H -BR ANFORD. 

1788, March, Irene Moulthrop, 21 

1789, Sept. Anna, wife of Dow Smith, jun. consump. 42 
1793, June 1, Kezia, widow of Dow Smith, 84 
1800, Jan. Jordan Smith, consumption, 67 

1798, Feb. Sarah, wife of Jordan Smith, 56 
1796, Martha, the relict of Thomas Goodsell, jun. 96 

1802, Widow Sarah Elliot, their daughter, 62 

NORTHFORD. 

1774, Aug. 31, Samuel Hotchkiss, 59 

1792, Nov. 23, Martha Goodsell, cancer, 42 

1786, Jan. 18, Dan, of Stephen Smith, 6 
1809, Aug. 7, Dan, of do. yellow fever, N. Y. 24 

1784, March 22, Jesse Street, 43 

1792, June 19, Anna Street, 17 

1799, Jan. 6, Orton, of Jonathan Finch, 4 
1774, Oct. 7, Ebenezer Hotchkiss, 16 
J 779, June 17, Mary Hotchkiss, 34 

NORTH-HAVEN. 

1788, March 4, Mary, wife of Eiiphalet Pardee. 

1789, Nov. Abel Smith, jun. fever. 

1790, April 17, Abel Smith, 79 
1809, Oct. 22, Lvdia, wife of Abel Smith, 79 

1803, April 20, James Smith, 89 
1819, Sept. 14, Lydia, 2d wife of James Smith, 93 
1815, Feb. 20, Thomas Smith, 53 

1800, Oct. 13, Sarah, wife of Thomas Smith, 39 

1795, Oct. 4, Sibyl, child of do. 4 
May 27, John, of do. 22m. 

1801, Oct. 11, John, of do. 15 
1801, May 7, Olive, wife of Jude Smith, 57 
1808, April 21, Ruth, wife of do. 31 
1822, Dec. 14, Thankful, wife of Oliver Smith, 70 
1789, Nov. 15, Oliver Smith, 39 
1806, July 20, Lois, wife of Oliver Smith, jun. 27 
1815, March 27, Oliver Smith, jun. S5 
1806, Aug. 18, Benjamin, of do. 7m. 
1818, Sept. 27, Sarah, wife of Hervey Smith, 29 

1796, Sept. 1, Mary, wife of James Pardee, 49 
L, 1821, Aug. 21, Samuel Heminway, buried E. H. fever, 71 

PLYMOUTH. 

V1796, Aug. 25, Deacon Abraham Heminway, 69 

1812, Jan. 20, Mercy, widow of do. 82 



198 Appendix. 

WALLINGFORD. 

1787, May 22, Damans, wife of Elnathan Street, 87 

Nov. 30, Elnathan Street, 92 

GUILFORD. 
1775, Oct. 2, Anna, wife of Joel Tuttle, 26 

1791, March 4, Julia, child of do. 9m. 

1803, Jan. 23, Sarah, child of do. 23 

1822, Nov. 30, Joel Tuttle, 76 

WOLCOTT, 
1813, Oct. 11, Edward, of Rev. L. Hart, buried E. H. 

dysentary, 1 

16, Rev. Lucas Hart, buried E. H. dys. 29 

1795, Oct. 3, Daniel B. child of Reuben Moulthrop, 

Boston, 1 

1803, Oct. Jared, son of Dan Holt, at Cavuga, fever, 21 

1804, William Lmith, do. fever, 30 
1807, Nov. Elijah Bradley, in Georgia, dysentary, 28 
1821, Nov. 4, Hannah, wife of Lew Chedsey, Woodburv, 78 

Total, 85. 
The whole number of deaths noticed in this work, is 1440. 

— @©^— 
APPENDIX II. 

In the preface to this work, the Old and New Style is 
mentioned. But, as many of those persons who may possess 
it, are ignorant both of the origin and the reason of the alter- 
ation of the Style, they will, doubtless, be gratified with 
some information on that subject. The following extract 
from Adam's Roman Antiquities, contains the information 
desired on that point ; and also concerning the origin of the 
names of the months, and days of the week, now in common 
use. 

" Romulus, (the founder of the city and empire of Rome,) 
is said to have divided the year into ten months ; the first of 
which was called March, from Mars, his supposed father; 
the second, April, either from the Greek name of Venus, or 
because then trees and flowers open their buds ; the third, 
May, from Maia, the mother of Mercury ; and the fourth, 
June, from the goddess Juno, or in honor of the young, and 
May of the old. The rest were named from their number, 
.Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, Decem- 
ber. Quintilis was afterwards called Julius, from Julius 



Appendix. 199 

Ceesar; and Sextilis, Augustus, from Augustus Csesar; 
because in it he had first been made consul, and had obtain- 
ed remarkable victories. 

Numa added two months, called Januarius, from Janus; 
and Februarius, because then the people were purified by an 
expiatory sacrifice from the sins of the whole year; for this 
anciently was the last month in the year. 

Numa, in imitation of the Greeks, divided the year into 
twelve months, according to the course of the moon, consist- 
ing in all of 354 days: he added one day more to make the 
number odd, which was thought more fortunate. But as ten 
days, five hours, and forty-nine minutes, were wanting to 
make the lunar year correspond to the course of the sun, he 
appointed that everyother year an extraordinary month, call- 
ed Intercalary month, should be inserted between the 23d 
and 24th day of February. The intercalating of this month 
was left to the discretion of the Pontiffs ; who, by inserting 
more or fewer days, used to make the current year longer 
or shorter, as was most convenient for themselves or their 
friends. In consequence of this license, the months were 
transposed from their stated seasons; the winter months 
carried back into autumn, and the autumnal into summer. 

Julius Ceesar, when he became master of the state, resol- 
ved to put an end to this disorder, by abolishing the source 
of it, the use of Intercalations; and for that purpose, adjus- 
ted the year according to the course of the sun, and assigned 
to each month the number of days which they still contain. 
To make matters proceed regularly, from the first of the en* 
suing; Januarv, he inserted in the current vear, besides the 
intercalary month of 23 days, which fell into it of course, 
two extraordinary months between November and Decem- 
ber, the one of thirty-three, and the other of thirty- four days ; 
so that this year, which was called the last year of confusion, 
consisted of fifteen months, or 445 days. 

Ail this was effected by the care and skill of Sogiriies, a 
celebrated astronomer of Alexandria, whom Ceesar brought 
to Rome for that purpose. 

This is the famous Julian or solar year, which continues in 
use to this day in ail Christian countries, without any other 
variation, than that of the old and new style, which was oc- 
casioned by a regulation of Pope Gregory irfnlhe year 1 582, 
who, observing that the vernal equinox, Winch at the time of 
the-Oouncil of Nice ii 15, had been on the 21st March, 
then happened on the 10th, by the advice of astronomers, 



200 •' Appendix. 

caused 10 days to be entirely sunk and thrown out of the 
current year, between the 4th and 15th October : and to 
make the civil year for the future to agree with the real one, 
or with the annual revolution of the earth, which is comple- 
ted in 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes; he ordained, that ev- 
ery 100th year should not be leap year, excepting the 4000th, 
so that the difference will hardly amount to a day in 7000 
years, or according to a more accurate computation of the 
length of the year, to a day in 5200 years. 

This alteration of the style was immediately adopted in 
all the Roman Catholic countries; but not in Britain till the 
year 1752, when eleven days were dropped between the 2d 
and 14th of September, so that that month contained only 
19 days ; and thenceforth the new style was adopted as it 
had been before in the other countries of Europe. The same 
year, also, another alteration was made in England, that the 
legal year, which before had begun on the 25th March, 
should begin upon the 1st January, which took place 1st 
January, 1752. 

The custom of dividing time into weeks among the Ro- 
mans, as we do in imitation of the Jews, was introduced in 
the time of the Emperors. Dio, who flourished under Seve- 
rn s, says, it first took place a little before his time, being 
derived from the Egyptians, and universally prevailed. — 
The days of the week were named from the planets, as they 
still are — Dies Solis, Sunday; Luna, Monday; Martis, 
Tuesday; Mereurii, Wednesday; Jovis, Thursday; Ven- 
eris, Friday ; Saturni, Saturday." 

Mr. Webster, in his letters to a young gentleman, observes 
respecting the origin of the names of the days of the week 
now in common use, that our ancestors worshipped many 
deities, or deified heroes, as Woden, or Odin, under whose 
guidance they migrated into Europe; Thor, the thunderer, 
or god of thunder; Friga, who answered to Venus of the 
Romans; and from their several deities we received the 
names of the days of the week. Sunday, Sun's-day ; Mon- 
day, Moon's-day ; Tuesday, TeutVday, or Tisday ; Wed- 
nesday, Woden's-day; Thursday, Thor's-day; Friday, 
Friga's-day ; and Saturday, Satur's-day. Thus the an- 
cient heathen gods are still honored by a weekly and regu- 
lar rotation of their names, fifty-two times in a year. 

FINIS. 



CONFESSION OF FAITH, 

COVENANT, 

CONSTITUTION AND RULES OF PRACTICE; 



ADOPTED BY THE 

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN EAST HAVEN. 



TO WHICH IS ADDED 

A CATALOGUE OF THE 

OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH, 

FROM THE YEAR 1755, TO DECEMBER, 1833. 



NEW HAVEN: 

PRINTED BY HEZEKIAH HOWE & CO. 

1833. 



CONFESSION OF FAITH. 

Article 1. We believe in one only living and true 
God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, who is 
a spirit, infinite, eternal and unchangeable, in his being pow- 
er, knowledge, presence, wisdom, holiness, justice, good- 
ness and truth, that it is the duty of all his intelligent crea- 
tures to worship him in sprit and in truth ; that he created 
all things, that he preserves and governs all his creatures, 
and overrules all their actions for his own glory, and that in 
whatsoever comes to pass, he is accomplishing his eternal 
purposes, according to the counsel of his own will, in such 
a way that man is a free agent, and accountable for all his 
actions. 

2. We believe, that God created man upright ; that our 
first parents freely sinned and fell, and that all mankind, in 
a state of nature, and before regeneration by the spirit of 
God, are dead in trespasses and sins, and without any holi- 
ness and true love to God, and are justly exposed to all the 
miseries of this life, and the pains of hell forever. 

3. We believe, that God in his mercy has not left all man- 
kind to perish forever ; but out of his mere good pleasure, 
has from all eternity elected some to everlasting life ; and 
that he has covenanted to deliver them from sin and misery, 
and to bring them into a state of salvation by a Redeemer. 

4. We believe, that the only Redeemer of God's elect is 
the Lord Jesus Christ, who is very God and very man, that 
taking upon him our nature, he suffered and died on the 
cross ; then he arose from the dead, and ascended into heav- 
en, where he ever liveth to make intercession for us ; that 
he alone has made an atonement for sin ; and that, without 
a special interest in this atonement, there is no salvation. 

5. We believe, that without a change of heart, wrought 
in the unregenerate, by the special agency of the Holy Spi- 
rit, who is very God, no one can be an heir of eternal life ; 
and that the soul, which is once made a partaker of renew- 
ing and saving grace, will never be permitted so to fall 
away as finally to perish. 



6. We believe, that adoption, repentance, justification, 
sanctification and perseverance, are not bestowed as the re- 
ward of any merit, in him who receives them ; but all flow 
from the free and sovereign gift and grace of God. 

7. We believe, that there will be a general resurrection, 
of the righteous and the wicked ; and a general judgment, 
at which, all the righteous shall be admitted to everlasting 
happiness, and all the wicked sentenced to misery without 
end. 

8. We believe, that the Lord's Supper and Baptism, are 
sacraments of the New Testament; and that baptism is to 
be administered to unbaplized adults, who profess their faith 
in Christ, and to the infant children of any, who are mem- 
bers of the Church. 

9. We believe, that the scriptures, of the Old and New 
Testament, are given by inspiration of God, and are the 
sufficient and only rule of faith and practice. 

Thus in the presence of Almighty God, you solemnly 
profess and believe. 



COVENANT. 



You do now, in the awful presence of the dread majesty 
of heaven and earth, before Angels and Men, with serious- 
ness, and as you hope, in sincerity of soul, avouch the Lord 
Jehovah to be your sovereign Lord, and supreme good 
through Jesus Christ. And solemnly devote and give up 
yourself, by divine grace assisting you, in the most sacred 
ties, to observe all God's commandments, seeking his glory 
and walk in Christian fellowship, and in the performance of 
Christian duties, in all the ordinances of Christ to be enjoyed 
in his Church ; and in this particular Church, so long as God 
in his providence shall continue you a member of it. 

Thus in the presence of God, through grace assisting, 
you solemnly covenant and promise. 

Then doth this Church also accept of you. And I declare 
you, a member of, and in full communion with, the Church 
of Christ. And this Church doth likewise promise, that in 
the strength of divine grace, we will walk towards you in all 
christian watchfulness and love. 



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CONSTITUTION. 

The Church and Society of East Haven, having given Mr. 
Nicholas Street, a call, to settle with them as a Pastor, in 
the work of the Gospel ministry among them, and he ac- 
cepting the call ; the Church called a meeting of the breth- 
ren to discourse of Church Government, and of the man- 
ner in which they propose to be governed, which was held 
in East Haven, Sept. 3, 1755. And at said meeting, it was 
voted and agreed to, that saybrook platform, should be 
the constitution, by which they and their Pastor, would 
be governed, with this understanding it in the following res- 
pects. 

Viz. 1. That no person be admitted a member of this 
Church, without the vote and consent of the major part of 
the brotherhood. 2. That no person be censured without 
the vote and consent of the major part of the brotherhood. 
This voted in the affirmative, and signed by the Church's 
Committee, with the concurrence of Mr. Nicholas Street, 
called to be Pastor of said Church and people. 
Thomas Smith, ) 

Deodate Davenport, S Committe€m 
Daniel Hitchcock, ) 

Nicholas Street. 

Dec. 4, 1755. The Church voted that the Lord's Supper 
be administered once in two months ; and that the frag- 
ments of the bread and wine be presented to the Minister 
after the Sacrament as his perquisites. 



Articles of Practice adopted March 2, 1832. 

1. Every person coming from a Church, not in Commu- 
nion with this Church, in case of admission, shall be pro- 
pounded and admitted in the usual way. And every person 
coming from other Churches, in order to be admitted as a 
member of this Church, must furnish such evidence of good 
character and good standing in the Church to which he be- 
longed, as shall be satisfactory to this Church. 

2. Members of sister Churches in good standing may be 
admitted to occasional communion with this Church, one 
year. But after that term, they must produce a letter of 

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dismission from the Church, to which they belong with a 
view to unite with this Church, in order to a continued en- 
joyment of Church privileges. 

3. In all cases of private offences, the rule as given in 
the 18th Chap, of Matthew, 15, 16, 17, verses is to be ob- 
served. 

4. In cases of public and notorious offences, against the 
laws of religion and morality, the Church as a body may 
call the offender to an account, by a Committee appointed 
for that purpose, who shall report to the Church. 



STANDING COMMITTEE. 



There shall be a standing Committee of this Church, con- 
sisting of fcur or more members, as the church may judge 
proper, who with the pastor shall have the powers, and per- 
form the duties, as follows, viz. 

1. It shall be the duty of this committee to enquire after 
all public offences in this church, which may come to their 
knowledge by complaint or otherwise. 

2. It shall be the duty of this committee to ascertain the 
facts in each case that may come before them, and to make 
reports to the church, both of the facts and the measures 
proper in their opinion, to be taken in their case. 

3. This committee shall have power to summon before 
them all members of the church, accused of any offence, to 
examine them, and to give them such brotherly counsel, as 
may, in their judgment, tend to reclaim offenders. 

4. This committee shall have power to call upon any of 
the brethren of the church, to aid them in the discharge of 
any of their duties. 

But this church declares, that in appointing this commit- 
tee, they do not discharge or lessen the obligations of indi- 
vidual members of this church, to watch over, admonish and 
reprove one another. 

This Church was gathered and organized Oct. 8, 1711. 



OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH. 



PASTORS. 

Rev. Jacob Heminway, began to preach in East Haven 
in November, 1704; and was ordained pastor, October 8, 
1711 ; and died October 7, 1754, aged 70. 

Rev. Nicholas Street, was ordained pastor, October 8, 
1755 ; and died October 8, 1806, aged 76. 

Rev. Saul Clark, was ordained pastor, Jan. 13, 1808; 
and resigned May 19, 1817. 

Rev. Stephen Dodd, installed pastor Dec. 11, 1817. 



DEACONS. 



Caleb Chedsey, died Feb. 20, 1713. 

Joshua Austin, died March 29, 1760. 

Thomas Smith, died 1762. 

Daniel Hitchcock, died 1761. 

Deodate Davenport, died Dec. 3, 1761. 

Samuel Heminway, chosen 1758, and died Oct. 25, 1777. 

Abraham Heminway, chosen 1761 ; removed. 

Amos Morris, chosen 1776; died Dec. 30, 1801. 

Stephen Smith, chosen 1778; died Jan. 22, 1816. 

Samuel Davenport, chosen 1797; died July 9, 1810. 

John Morris, chosen July, 1800; removed 1806. 

Levi Pardee, chosen July 1800 ; died Nov. 21, 1813. 

Enos Heminway, chosen 1806 ; removed June 13, 1830. 

Amos Morris, chosen 1816; resigned 1818. 

Bela Farnham, } 

Amos Morris, > chosen and installed July 1,1832. 

Samuel H. Heminway, ) 



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A CATALOGUE 

Of the members of ike Congregational Church in East 
Haven, from 1755, when Rev. Nicholas Street was or- 
dained Pastor, to the present time, December, 1833, 

N B. The persons against whose names this mark * is inserted, are 
dead. The names of those who are dismissed or who have removed 
from this town with or without a dismission, are printed in Italics, 
The Names of those from whom the Church has withdrawn fellow-' 
ship, are omitted as being blotted out. Their number is X4, 

* Joshua Austin. 

* Mehitabel, wife of Joshua Austin. 

* Thomas Smith. 

* Deodate Davenport. 

* Lydia, wife of Deodate Davenport, 

* Sarah Davenport. 

* Esther, wife of Stephen Morris. 

* John Russel. 

* Mary, wife of John Russel. 

* Mary, wife of David Smith. 

* John Chedsey. 

* Sarah, wife of John Chedsey. 

* Mary, wife of Nathaniel Ludington. 

* Sarah, wife of Samuel Bradley. 

* Hannah, wife of Isaac Bradley. 

* John Shepard. 

* Sarah, wife of John Shepard. 

* Eunice, wife of Thomas Smith. 

* Theophilus Ailing. 

* Elizabeth, wife of Theophilus Ailing. 

* Caleb Bradley. 

* Sarah, wife of Caleb Bradley. 

* Sarah, wife of Dan Bradley. 

* Abraham Chedsey. 

* Bathsheba, wife of Abraham Chedsey. 

* Daniel Hitchcock. 

* Abigail, wife of Daniel Hitchcock. 

* Daniel Bradley. 

* Mehitabel, wife of Daniel Bradley. 

* Thankful, wife of Stephen Bradley. 

* Elizabeth, wife of Zebulon Bradley. 

* Deborah, widow of Samuel Chedsey. 



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* Dan Moulthrop. 

* Gideon Potter. 

* Mary, wife of Gideon Potter. 

* John Heminway. 

* Mary, wife of John Heminway. 

* Stephen Thompson. 

■* Hannah, wife of Stephen Thompson. 

* Samuel Heminway. 

* Sarah, wife of Abraham Heminway. 

* Esther, wife of Timothy Thompson. 

* Sarah, wife of Patterson Smith. 

* Benjamin Smith. 

* Desire, wife of Benjamin Smith. 

* Rebekah, wife of Nathaniel Hitchcock, junr. 

* Samuel Smith. 

* Daniel Smith. 

* Hannah, wife of Daniel Smith. 

* Sarah, wife of George Pardee. 

* Benjamin Pardee. 

* Mary, wife of Benjamin Pardee. 

* Sarah, wife of Isaac Pardee. 

* Mary, wife of Jacob Pardee. 

* Mary, wife of Stephen Pardee. 

* Mary Pardee. 

* Moses Thompson. 

* Desire, wife of Moses Thompson. 

* Abigail O'Neal. 

* Lydia, widow of John Smith. 

* Joseph Tuttle. 

0? Hannah, wife of John Rowe. 

* Nathaniel Barnes. 

* Mary, wife of Samuel Forbes. 

* Thankful, wife of Isaac Ho.we. 

* Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Thompson. 

* Joseph Holt. 

* Mercy, wife of Samuel Holt. 

* Abigail, wife of Eliphalet Ludington. 

* Anna, wife of Daniel Holt. 

* Hannah, wife of Levi Bradley. 

* Mehitabel, wife of Jesse Ludington. y 

* Mercy, wife of Eleazer Morris. 

* John Moulthrop. 

* Lydia, wife of Israel Moulthrop, 



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* Samuel Thompson. 

* Hannah wife of Samuel Thompson. 

* Anna, wife of Asher Moulthrop. 

* Mary, wife of Samuel Smith. 

* Lydia Robinson. 

* Sarah Robinson. 

* Elizabeth wife of Isaac Penfield. 

* Caleb Chedsey. 

* Abigail, wife of Caleb Chedsey. 

* Hannah, wife of Thomas Dawson, 

* Lydia Grannis. 

* Matthew Moulthrop, 

* Sarah, wife of Matthew Moulthrop. 

* Hannah, wife of Samuel Chedsey, Junr. 

* Mehitabel, wife of Thomas Grannis, 

* Isaac Chedsey. 

* Sarah wife of Isaac Chedsey. 

* Joel Tuttle. 

* Rebekah, wife of Joel Tuttle. 

* Dorothy Tuttle. 

* Margaret Jacobs. 

* Mary, wife of John Higgins. 

* Keziah, wife of Gideon Potter, junr* 

* Elizabeth Woodward, 

* Mercy Pardee. 

* Deborah, wife of Titus Ailing. 

* Richard Darrow. 

* Abigail, wife of Nathaniel Jocelin. 

* Thankful, wife of Robert Dawson. 

* Sarah, wife of Rev. Jacob Heminway. 

* Mary, widow of Samuel Goodsell. 

* Abigail, wife of Dan Goodsell. 

* Lydia, wife of Ebenezer Darrow, 

* Hannah, wife of Peter Woodward. 

* Eunice, wife of Ebenezer Pardee. 
*■* Sarah, wife of Timothy Russel. 

* Esther, wife of Joseph Hotchkiss. 

* Gideko and Abigail, blacks. 

The above names of members were collected and recorded 
by Rev. Mr. Street in 1756; Mr* Heminway having' left 
no record. 



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1757. 

Feb. 20. * Mabel, wife of Isaac Mallory. 
March 13. * Mary, wife of John Woodward. 

* Lor ana Becket. 

27. * Mary, wife of John Dawson. 

* Abigail, wife of John Moulthrop. 
July 3. * Abraham Heminway. 

* Mercy, wife of Ah: Heminway. 

* Zurviah, wife of Joshua Sperry. 

1758. 
Sept. 21. * Catherine, servant of John Woodward. 

1759. 
June 3. * John Davenport. 

* Samuel Davenport. 

1761. 
May 31. * Mehitabel, wife of Deacon Saml. Heminway. 
Nov. 12. * Desire, wife of Rev. Nicholas Street. 

* Sarah, wife of John Denison. 

1762. 
Sept. 19. * Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Shepard. 

* Mary, wife of Edward Russel, junr. 

1763. 
March 27. * Elizabeth, widow of Ebenezer Roberts. 
May 29. * Isaac Chedsey, 2d. 
^JQanicl Wh.edxmr'' 
Sept. 18. * Joshua Austin. 

* Abigail, wife of Joshua Austin. 

* Lydia Pardee. 

Oct. 16/* * Desire, wife of Samuel Thompson. 

1764. 
July 15. * Amos Morris. 

* Lydia, wife of Amos Morris. 
21. * Simeon Bradley. 

* Abigail, wife of Simeon Bradley. 

1765. 
Feb. 24. * Mary Russel. 

* Mabel, widow of Doct. Utter. 

* Mary Mallory, junr. 

June 23. * Amy, wife of Abraham Bradley. 

1766. 
Jan. 20. * Mary Mallory. 
June. * Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Bradley. 

Sept. 21. * John Heminway. 



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Oct. * Phineas Curtis. 

Nov. * Sarah, wife of Ezra Fields. 

1767. 
June. * Patterson Smith. 

Oct. 25. * Jenny, a black woman. 
Dec. 6. * Anna, wife of Thomas Smith. 

1768. 
July 24. * Susannah, wife of Joshua Austin. 

1771. 
Oct. 13. * Aaron Page. 

* Stephen Smith. 

1772. 
June 28. * Ruth, wife of John Woodward, junr. 

1773. 
Jan. 24. * Hannah, wife of Rev. N. Street. 

* Mary, wife of Gurdon Bradley. 
Jan. 31. * Binah and Nanne, black women. 
Aug. 15. * Samuel Holt. 

* Mary, wife of Samuel Holt. 

* Dan Holt. 

* Anna, wife of Dan Holt. 
Sept. 19. * John Fuller. 

* Lydia, wife of John Fuller. 

* Comfort, wife of Josiah Bradley. 

* Jemima, wife of John Heminway. 

* Widow, Mary Richards. 

Oct. 10. * Sarah, wife of Abijah Bradley. 
Nov. 17. Elisha Andrews. 

Sarah, wife of Elisha Andrews.—* 
Dec. 5. * Lydia, wife of Jacob Goodsell. 
19. * Stephen Tuttle. 

* Rhoda, wife of Stephen Tuttle. 
26. * Nathaniel Ludington. 

* Abigail, wife of John Barnes. 

1774. 
Jan. 9. * Mary, wife of Ambrose Smith. 

March 27. * Hannah, wife of Levi Chedsey. 
April 17. * Joseph Russel. 

* Abigail, wife of Joseph Russel. 

* Sarah, wife of Isaac Chedsey, 2d. 
May 8. * Israel Potter. 

* Mary, wife of Israel Potter. 

* Hannah, wife of Joseph Holt. 

* Mary, wife of Isaac Ludington. 



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May 8. * Jemima Pardee. 
July 17. * Stephen Shepard. 

* Amy, wife of Stephen Shepard. 

* Thankful Moulthrop. 

In Sept. the congregation removed from the old house at 
the north-west corner of the green, into the new house, now 
occupied. Then the church was composed of about 140 
members. 

1775. 

* Joseph Mallory. 

* Eunice, wife of Joseph Mallory. 

* Lydia, wife of Azariah Bradley. 

* Sibyl Denison. 
1776. 

* Timothy Bradley. 

* Sarah, wife of Timothy Bradley. 
1777. 

* Sarah, wife of Jared Bradley. 

* Mehitabel Russcl. 
Mary, wife of David Grannis. 
Abigail, wife of John Goodsell. 

* Huldah, wife of Elias Town send. 

* Mabel, wife of Stephen Pardee, junr. 

* Widow, Eunice Britin. 
1778. 

Amy, wife of Asa Bradley. 

* Samuel Smith, junr. 
Anna, wife of Samuel Smith, junr. 

* Widow, Sarah Scott. 

* Elizabeth, wife of David Eggleston. 

* Widow, Abigail Bishop. 
1779. 

Widow, Rebekah Bradley. 
Huldah, wife of Ezra Rowe. 
Rachel, wife of Samuel Crumb. 

1780. 
Amos Morris, junr. 
Elizabeth, wife of Amos Morris, junr. 

* Samuel Townsend. 

* Levi Pardee. 
Stephen Smith, junr. 

Aug. 6. * Eunice Street. 



March 5. 

May 21. 
Dec. 3. 

March. 



Feb. 9. 
Aug:. 10. 



Dec. 21. 



March. 
April 5. 



Oct. 18. 

Jan. 31. 
March 21. 



Feb. 27. 



July 30. 



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1781. 
April 1. * Abraham Chedsey. 
May 20. * Lydia, wife of Samuel Holt. 

Abigail Hitchcock. 
July 29. i John Morris. 

* Desire, wife of John Morris. 

* James Adkins Broton. 

Nov. 24. * Mehitabel, wife of Dan Bradley. 

* Hannah, wife of Isaac Forbes. 

1782. 
Jan. 27. * Abigail, wife of James A. Broton. 
April 28. * Desire, wife of Moses Thompson, 

* Martha, wife of Moses Heminway. 
Aug. 11. * Widow Lydia Goodsell. 

* Thankful, wife of Jesse Ludtngton, junr. 
Dec. 22. # Lydia, wife of Isaac Hotchkiss. 

* Mary, wife of Amos Thompson. 

1783. 
July 6. * Hannah, wife of Asa Mallory. 

Aug. 20. * Sibyl, wife of Elihu Bradley. 
Oct. 5. * Caleb Smith. 

* Daniel Tuttle. 

19. * Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Heminway. 

1784. 
Feb. 22. ^Esther, wife of John Rowe, junr. 

Temperance, wife of Joseph Hotchkiss. 
Lydia, wife of Edmund Bradley. 
March 21. * Abigail, wife of Nathaniel Barnes, junr 
Oct. 17. * Widow Lois Moulthrop. 

1785. 
Feb. 3. * Widow Rachel Ludington. 

1787. 
Jan. 25. * Hannah, wife of Samuel Heminway. 
Feb. S. * Lois, wife of Nehemiah Smith. 
April 22. * Leavit Pardee. 

* Elizabeth, wife of Leavit Pardee. 
Sarah, wife of Ira Smith. 

May 5. Elizabeth, wife of Stephen Woodward. 

* Martha, wife of Nathaniel Grannis. 

* Stephen Rowe. 

** Abigail, wife of Stephen Rowe. 

20. * Abigail, wife of Joseph Heminway. 
Sept. 2. Eunice, wife of Matthew Rowe. 



Nov. 


4. 


June 1. 


July 


6. 
13, 


Sept 
Nov. 


7. 
23. 


May 


24. 


Aug. 


15. 


Aug. 
Nov. 


28. 
18. 


Dec. 




Sept 


.22. 


Dec. 


8. 


Oct. 


12. 


Oct. 


20. 


Feb. 


15. 


Dec. 


13. 


April 3. 



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* Eunice, wife of Benjamin Mallory. 
1788. 

Enos Heminway. 

Sarah, wife of Enos Heminway, 

* Susannah Roberts. 

* Anna, wife of John Chedsey. 
Sarah, wife of Levi Potter. 

* Lois, wife of Joel Thompson. 
Amy, wife of Daniel Tuttle. 

* Tabitha, wife of Philemon Augur. 
Widow Lucinda Hickox. 

1789. 

* Abigail, wife of Amos Mallory. 
1790. 

* Abigail, wife of Christopher Tuttle. 
1791. 

* Lois, wife of Isaac Barnes. 

* Desire, wife of Ephraim Chedsey. 
1792. 

* Hannah, wife of Asaph Hotchkiss. 
1793. 

Elizabeth, wife of Andrew Davidson. 
Mehitabel, wife of Stephen Bradley, junr. 

* Hannah, wife of Jesse Mallory. 

* Lydia, wife of Solomon Barnes. 

* Huldah, wife of Joel Northrup. 
1794. 

* Reuben Moulthrop. 
Hannah, wife of Reuben Moulthrop. 

* Abijah Pardee. 
Rosanna, wife of Abijah Pardee. 
Sarah, wife of Joseph Pardee. 

1795. 
Mary, wife of John Woodward, junr. 
Martha, wife of Elam Potter. 
Allice, a black woman. 

1796. 
Roswcll Davenport. 
Esther, wife of R. Davenport. 
Sarah, wife of Philemon Harrison. 
24. Desire, wife of Thomas Smith. 

* Rebekah, wife of Caleb Chedsey. 

* Sarah, wife of Samuel Thompson, junr. 



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July 10. Mary r wife of William Bradley. 

Aug. 21. Dorcas, wife of John Thompson. 

1797. 
March 19. * Rachel, wife of David Moullhrop. 
July 16. Sarah, wife of Daniel Austen. 

Aug. 6. * Widow Sarah Thompson. 

1799. 
May * Esther, wife of Stephen Heminway. 

26. * Lois, wife of Edward Russel. 
June 30. Jacob Heminway. 

Abigail, wife of Jacob Heminway. 
Aug. 4. * Elizabeth, wife of John Shepard, junr. 

Lydia, wife of Ammi Bradley. 
18. Asenath, wife of Hezekiah Woodward. 

Elizabeth, wife of Amos Bradley. 
Sept. 1. Sarah, wife of Caleb Smith. 

Nov. 10. Widow, Lydia Smith. 

1800. 
April 24. * Hannah, wife of Abraham Chedsey. 
May 25. Lorinda, wife of Heminway Holt. 

Amy, wife of William Smith. 
June 22. * John Tyler. 

Mabel,, wife of John Tyler. 
Irene, wife of Nehemiah Smith. 

* Eunice, wife of Timothy Thompson, junr. 
Widow, Lydia Bradley. 

July 15. Lois, wife of Martin Rowland* 

1801. 
Jan. 18. Anna, wife of Bela Farnham. 

March 1. Esther, wife of Elijah Bradley. 

May 31. Lydia, wife of James Thompson* 

Sept. 27. Amy Beach. 

1802. 
Feb. 4. * Mary, wife of Philemon Augur* 
Mary Frost. 

* Hannah, wife of Jehu Heminway.. 
21. Hannah, wife of Ephraim Chedsey., 

* Anna, wife of Levi Baldwin. 

* Hannah, wife of Abraham Farrerc* 

1803. 
July 24. Amy, wife of Joseph HoIt,junr* 

1804. 
Jan. 29. Hezekiah Davenport. 

Aug. 16. * Samuel Shepard. 



Oct. 7. 


28. 


March 7. 


July 21. 



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hois, wife of Horatio G. Street, 
Desire, wife of Philemon Holt. 
Mary, wife of Abraham Thompson. 
1805. 

* Nehemiah Smith. 

* Justin W. Street. 
Dorcas Way. 

1806. 
Jan. 5. * Sarah, wife of Levi Pardee. 

* Ruth Bishop. 

Lydia, wife of Jacob Farren. 

* Sarah, wife of Isaac Brown. 

* Mehitabel, wife of James Chedsey. 

* Widow Mary Chedsey. 
Widow Abigail Andrews. 

* Mary, wife of Isaac Bradley. 

* Lovice, wife of Joel Bradley. 
Betsey, wife of Samuel Chedsey. 
Jane F. wife of Samuel Lindsley. 

Persons received after Mr. Streefs death. 

* Didamea, wife of Samuel Smith. 
Mary Street. 

Harriet Morris. 
Lucy Morris. 
Anna Woodward. 

Persons received at different times, by letter, from other 
churches, and not before recorded. 

1807. 
March 5. * Mehitabel Augur. 

* Phebe, wife of William Everton. 

* Eunice, wife of Moses Heminway. 

* Hannah Pardee. 

* Phebe, wife of Gurdon Pardee. 
May 7. # Eunice,, wife of Daniel Bradley. 

* Lois, wife of Silas Bishop. 
April 30. * Widow Hannah Brown. 

Elizabeth, wife of Amasa Forbes. 

Admitted by Mr. Clark, 

1808. 
March 5. Elijah Rowe, and ) , r * 

Mary, his wife, ) ^ 
2* 



IS 

Phebe, wife of John Davenport, by letter. 
July 3. * Benjamin Mallory. 

* Joseph Hotchkiss. 
Isaac Bradley, junr. 

Sarah, wife of Isaac Ludington. 
Sarah, wife of Isaac H. Pardee, 
Lois, wife of Edward R. Smith. 
Elizabeth, wife of Heman Hotchkiss*. 
Mary Dawson. 

* Mary Barnes. 
Lydia Morris. 
Polly Bradley. 
Amy Bradley. 

* Sarah Bradley. 
Wealthy Bradley. 

Abigail Holt. 

* Nancy Shepard. 
Elizabeth Augur. 
Orilla Hotchkiss. 

* Mary Hotchkiss. 

* Hannah Goodsell. 
Eunice Pardee. 
Mary Frost, junr. 

Sept. 4. * Amy, wife of John Shepard. 
Ezra Rowe. 

* Hannah, wife of Jacob Mallory. 

* Asahel Bradley. 
Bela Farnham. 
William Woodward. 
Ezra Rowe, junr. 
Betsey, wife of Ezra Rowe, junr- 
Harvey Rowe. — 
Jacob Barnes. 
Willet Heminway. 
Clarissa, wife of Elnathan Street. 
Sibyl, wife of Lyman Hotchkiss. 

* Desire Bradley. 
Phila Brown. v 
Clarissa Brown. 
Nancy Davidson. 
Adah Bradley. 

* Mary Pardee. 
Sylvia Allen. 



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Susan Bradley. 
Nov. 6. John Rowe. 

Nicholas Street. 

Betsey, wife of Nicholas Street. 

* James Heminway. 

Elizabeth, wife of James Heminway. 

Levi Rowe. 

Eunice, wife of Levi Rowe. 

Daniel Smith. 

Irene Goodsell. 

Patty Mallory. 

Mary Brown. 

1809. 
Jan. 1. Elizabeth, wife of Truman Russel. 

Lydia, wife of James Bradley. 

Asenath, wife of Asahel Bradley, 2d. 

Nancy, wife of Justin W. Street. 

Betsey Heminway. 

Sarah Pardee. 

Eunice Miner. 

Harvey Heminway. 

Eben Tyler Heminway. 

Wyllys Heminway. 
March 5. * Mary, wife of Asher Moulthrop. 

* Huldah, wife of Amos Ludington. 
Mehitabel, wife of Russel Lanfear. 
Mehitabel, wife of Nathan Andrews. - 
Gurdon Pardee. 

Abraham Thompson. 

* Isaac H. Pardee. 
Daniel Rowe. 

Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Rowe. 
May 7. * Asa Mallory. 

Timothy Thompson. 

* Abigail Baldwin. 

* Charlotte, wife of Amos Morris, junr. 
Lois Smith. 

July 2. Elizabeth, wife of Caleb Smith, 2d. 

* Widow Sarah Davidson. 

Sept. 3. Mary, wife of George Lander aft. 

* Mary, wife of Roswell Bradley. 
Widow Amy Bradley. 

Eliza Andrews. 



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* Huldah Ludington. 

Nov. 5. Peggy Kism, a black woman. 

1810. 
May 20. Sophia, Wife of Jacob Goodsell, by letter. 

Nov. 4. * Widow Mary Thompson. 

* Widow Sarah Landcraft. 

1811. 
Sept. 11. Widow Loruhamah Goodsell, by letter. 

1812, 
May Widow Abigail Goodsell. 

July 5. Sarah, wife of DeGrasse Maltby. 

1813. 
Jan. 3. Grace, wife of Anson Bradley. 

May Elizabeth, wife of Elias Bradley. 

Oct. 31. Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Bradley, 2d. 

1814. 
May 1. Widow Mary Thompson. 

1816. 
March 3. * Jacob Goodsell. 

Benjamin Pardee. 
Thomas Landcraft. 

* Lois, wife of Thomas Landcraft. 

* Lovice, wife of Roswell Augur. 
Betsey, wife of John Farren. 
Sarah, wife of John Larkins. 

* Lydia, wife of Isaac Moulthrop* 
Mary Larkins. 

Polly Bradley. 
Hannah Bradley. 
Nancy Thompson. 
Laura Chedsey. 
Eliza Chedsey. 
Statira Rowe. 

* Anson Todd. 

May 5. * Anna, wife of Samuel Holt, by letter from 

the church in Bethlem. 
July 7. Roswell Augur. 

1817. 
May 4. * Widow Elizabeth Smith. 

Admitted by Mr. Dodd. 

1818. 
May 1. Abigail Ann, wife of Rev. S. Dodd, by letter 

from the church in Meredith, N. York. 



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May 3. Rachel, wife of Daniel Hughes, by letter 

from the church in Bristol. 
1819. 
Oct. 31. * Jared Bradley. 

1820. 
March 5. Widow Lydia Potter, 

Oct. 8. James R. Hunt. 

1821. 
April 29. Levi Potter. 

Luey, wife of Caleb C. Ludington. 
Eve Ely, wife of John Tyler, junr. 
Fanny, wife of Matthew Rowe. 
Samuel Russel Moulthrop. 
Daniel Moulthrop. 

* Roswell Rowe. 
July 22. Lyman Hotchkiss. 

Sarah, wife of Willet Heminway. —4* 
Luey, wife of Joseph Grannis. 
Nancy, wife of Hezekiah Shepard. 
Widow Mary Tuttle. 
Mehitabel Barnes. 
Abigail Russel. 
Sarah Landcraft. 
Maria Landcraft. 
Sept. 16. George Landcraft. 

Jacob Mallory. 
Jesse Mallory, 2d. 
Wealthy, wife of Jesse Mallory, 2d. 
John Larkins. 
Matthew Rowe. 

* Jesse Mallory. 
James Mallory. 
Maria Pardee. 
Almena Ludington. 

Nov, 4. Wyllys Mallory. 

Huldah Hotchkiss. 
1822. 
Jan. 6. Sarah Holt. 

Feb. 10. Elnathan Street. 

Dana Bradley. 

Mehitabel, wife of Dana Bradley. 
Nov. 3. Loly, wife of Aner Pardee. 



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1824. 

Nov. 7. Sarah Chedsey, by letter from the church 

in Woodbury. 
1825. 
March 24. Harriet Ludington, by letter from the first 

church in Camillus, N. Y. 
April 10. * Sarah Maria Forbes. 

Sept. 4. Mary M., wife of J. H. B. Chedsey, by let- 

ter from the church in Guilford. 
1826. 
March 5. Almira Smith. 

1827. 
March 4. Maria Moulthrop. 

Betsey M. Bradley. 
June 3. Hannah, wife of Amaziah handcraft. 

1828. 
May 4. Lydia, wife of Gurdon Pardee, from the 

church in Prospect. 
June 8. Dan Parmele, and Frances, his wife, from 

the church in Guilford, and 
Samuel H. Heminway, from the same 
church. 
July 1. Lois, wife of William Bradley, junr. 

Mary, wife of Daniel Smith. 
Jared Chedsey. 
Lucretia Chedsey. 
Nov. 2. Clarissa E. Pardee. 

1829. 
March 1. Amanda, wife of William Lander aft, by 
letter from the church in North Haven. 
1830. 
Jan. 3. Cynthia, wife of Amos Bradley, junr. by let- 

ter from the Presbyterian church in 
Herkimer, N. Y. 
1831. 
May 1. Samuel Bradley, 2d. 

Amos Bradley, junr. 
Emeline Farnham, 
Lorinda A. Holt. 
Jane Adeline Bradley. 
Frances Ann Street. 
July 3. Ruel Andrews. 

Olive, wife of Ruel Andrews, 



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July 3. Betsey Pardee Andrews. 

Saltrue Andrews. 

Betsey Woodward Street. 

Harriet Jennet Street. 

Stephen Woodward Bradley. 

John H. B. Chedsey. 

Thomas Grannis. 

Almira, wife of Thomas Grannis. 

Lucy, wife of Elihu Ives. 

Joseph H. Rogers. 

Nancy, wife of Lucius Nichols, by letter 
from the south church in Hartford. 
Aug. 28. Isaac Pardee. 

Amos Morris. 

James Farren. 

Polly, wife of James Farren. 

Jeremiah Woodward. 

Mary, wife of J. Woodward. 

Widow Anna Pardee. 

Lois, wife of Zebulon Bradley. 

Sarah, wife of John Heminway. 

Amanda, wife of Samuel H. Heminway. 

Sarah, vjife of Selah Upson. 

Levi Bradley. 

Mary, wife of Levi Bradley. 

Desire Smith, wife of John Farren, 2d. 

Mary Ann, wife of Willet Bradley. 

Mary Ann, wife of Jeremiah Barnes. 

Eunice Pardee. 

Adeline Bradley. 

Julia Amanda Thompson. 

Julius Upson. 

Samuel Thompson. 

Maria Ann Bradley. 

Jerusha Louisa Tyler. 

Amoret Beach. 

Mary Angeline Bradley. 

Huldah Hughes Bradley. 

Grace Ann Hotchkiss. 

Charlotte Emily Holt. 

Lydia Holt. 

Almira Grannis. 

Sarah Heminway. 



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Aug. 28. Charlotte Bradley. 

Susan Andrews. 

Anna Chedsey. 

Almira Chedsey. 

Charles Woodward. 

Charlotte Delight Todd. 

Lucy Morris Street. 

Harriet Andrews. 
* Ruth Curtis Woodward. 

Asenath Woodward, junr. 
Dec. 11. Stephen Smith, 2d. 

Betsy, wife of Stephen Smith, 2d. and 

Maryette, their daughter. 

Grace Goodscll. 

Elizabeth Morris Bradley. 
1832. 
July 1. * Amanda, wife of Elias Bishop. 

Sept. 30. John Heminway. 

1833. 
Nov. 10. Almira Farren. 



SUMMARY. 



The number of members in the year 1756, when 

Mr. Street collected and recorded the names, 114 

From 1756 to Oct. 1806, the end of Mr. Street's 

ministry, were added, - 230 

Received after Mr. Street's death, and at various 

times from other churches, - 14 

Admitted by Mr. Clark, - - - 118 

Admitted by Mr. Dodd, 125 

Total, 601 

Number of deaths and removals since 1756, - 441 

Number of members that remain, - - 160 



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